A deep-sea detector glimpsed a particle with 220 million billion electron volts of energy — around 20 times as energetic as any neutrino seen before.

Explore the captivating journey of ancient Greek astronomy in which mythological tales and mathematical precision mix together.

Prime viewing of southern constellations, comets and stars is to draw several hundred amateur and professional astronomers to the Lower Keys through Feb. 2, for the Winter Star Party. Astronomers and ...

On a wooded knoll on private property in Lake Angelus — less than a mile from the Great Lakes Crossing shopping mall in Auburn Hills — stands a hidden landmark to the history of science ...

While we will not be around to see the death of our sun, UAE astronomers have captured the Medusa Nebula, formed after the explosion of a star close to the mass of our sun. Stay up to date with ...

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the one opportunity, living in the middle of nowhere ... I can be part of this journey that humankind is on," recalls University of Washington astronomer James Davenport. "It was amazing." Now an ...

As US astronomers cheer the completion of the state-of-the-art project to rejuvenate the iconic Hale Telescope, one key collaborator is locked out of the celebrations and banned from exporting to ...

At first, you might not notice anything at all. But look again. For the next month, the planets are aligned. Mars, Jupiter, Venus, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune will all be in an (almost) straight ...

According to astronomy, when you wish upon a star you’re a million years too late. The star is dead, just like your dreams. When you wish upon a star, Jiminy Cricket told us, your dreams come true.