Using CO (J=1–0) molecular line data obtained from the 13.7-meter millimeter-wave telescope at the Purple Mountain ...

A new study has challenged a popular explanation for the unexpected 30-second shortening of Dimorphos's orbital period. The ...

A study using the NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory and other X-ray telescopes has revealed that "an exploded star can pose ...

Water is the universal yardstick of comet science, the baseline for measuring how sunlight drives a comet's activity and ...

Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope may have found the universe’s first “dark stars.” Within the first few ...

Alfred University is home to the Stull Observatory and its seven independent telescopes, but relatively few students have chosen to take advantage of those resources in the form of a minor in ...

Enceladus has long been considered a prime candidate in the search for life beyond Earth because of its hidden ocean and ...

The object was detected by observing how its gravity distorts light behind it. Astronomers have discovered an extremely faint ...

"There is a timely and critical need to develop predictive tools capable of assessing and optimizing team composition, ...

Astronomers want to unlock the secrets of the 'Cosmic Dawn' by sending a miniature spacecraft to listen out for an "ancient whisper" on the far side of the Moon. The proposed mission will study the ...

A powerful new U.S.-funded telescope on a mountain in Chile is poised to transform the study of astronomy. A powerful new U.S.-funded telescope on a mountain in Chile is poised to transform the study ...

The York County Astronomical Society will have a public event Saturday, Aug. 30, at their observatory located at John Rudy County Park in East Manchester Township. From noon to 3 p.m., society member ...