The local universe may be expanding more slowly than previously thought, a discovery that could relieve a pesky discrepancy ...

Extreme exomoons with tidal heating and thick, hydrogen-rich atmospheres may be able to create billions of years of potentially habitable surface conditions.

The night sky appears perfectly still, but the universe is constantly changing in ways the human eye cannot see. By combining ...

Learn how Hubble is measuring the expansion rate of the Universe in this new explainer from NASA's Goddard Space Flight ...

Science in the modern era is increasingly reliant on enormous datasets and automated analysis. In astronomy, the Vera C. Rubin Observatory's Legacy Survey of Space and Time (LSST)—a ten-year survey ...

The Wilderness Center will host a free "Astronomy Day" on March 21 featuring speakers and planetarium shows.

Two new studies have measured the expansion of the universe in our immediate cosmic neighborhood using a novel method that ...

Astronomers have uncovered a hidden cosmic web of galaxies and gas by mapping hydrogen light from the early universe.

The catastrophic collision of a black hole and a neutron star sent ripples across the universe. New analysis of those ripples ...

PhD Candidate, School of Mathematics and Physics, Queen's University Belfast The Vera C. Rubin Observatory has started releasing its first discoveries: including supernovae, variable stars and ...

Astronomers have created the largest and most detailed 3D map yet of a glowing signal from the early universe, revealing hidden galaxies and gas from 9-11 billion years ago. By analyzing faint ...

After years of investments, African telescopes are emerging as global leaders in frontier astronomy. From South Africa’s MeerKAT capturing the universe’s most distant gigamaser to Ghana’s radio ...