The professor of astronomy and planetary sciences at California Institute of Technology (Caltech), who won this year’s Shaw ...

Sixteenth century Danish astronomer Tycho Brahe laid the framework for modern cosmology without ever using a telescope.

An international team of researchers has uncovered evidence that astrophysics models of massive stars and supernovae are ...

“We are extremely pleased to welcome Claudio Chamon to our college’s faculty,” said Lucy Flesch, the Fredrick L. Hovde Dean ...

Voyager 2's 1986 flyby of Uranus, the main source of our knowledge of the icy planet, could have come at the same time as a ...

For nearly a decade, the American Association of Physics Teachers (AAPT) has been working to bring together resources through ...

Rainbows may be a trick of the eye, but they’re also based in fascinating optical physics. Here's how they work and why we see them.

The new members bring expanded expertise in ethics, space communication, animal intelligence, extraterrestrial materials and ...

Scientists using observations from NASA's Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory have discovered, for the first time, the signal from ...

Now, Lowell Observatory is expanding again with addition of the Marley Foundation Astronomy Discovery Center, a state-of-the-art science center with interactive exhibits, a stunning theater and an ...

The chances of intelligent life emerging in our Universe – and in any hypothetical ones beyond it – can be estimated by a new ...

KU astronomy hosted a a stargazing and planetarium event on Nov. 7 at Slawson Hall for students, staff and faculty to spend a ...