Since Hubble’s launch, astronomers have discovered over 1 trillion galaxies, but Andromeda stands out as the closest and most ...

In 1920, astronomers Harlow Shapley and Heber Curtis held a Great Debate. Shapley argued that the spiral nebulae were small ...

In 1920, astronomers Harlow Shapley and Heber Curtis held a Great Debate. Shapley argued that the spiral nebulae were small and in the Milky Way, while Curtis took a more radical position that they ...

Ancient ‘white dwarf’ stars explode and die in more ways than was thought, and observing these violent cosmic deaths could ...

It is the International Day Of Women And Girls In Science, and what better way to celebrate than to discuss the work of Henrietta Leavitt, the scientist who discovered Cepheid variables and laid the ...

Henrietta Swan Leavitt, an astronomer ahead of her time, discovered the relationship between a star’s brightness and its fluctuation period. This breakthrough allowed Edwin Hubble to measure galaxy ...

HH 30 is a luminous region surrounding a newborn star, or protostar. The James Webb Space Telescope helped reveals ...

“We [will be able to] move quickly and map out very large areas of the sky,” adds Josh Schlieder, the telescope’s wide-field ...

Here are some of the latest discoveries: Cavers spot coin stuck between rock formations — and find ancient Roman site in Spain The chamber of Cova de les Dones where an ancient Roman coin and ...

President of Yoweri Museveni has recognized local scientists for successful breakthroughs in what he described as landmark discoveries in their works. Museveni said in recent times, the country has ...

Rice’s Naomi Halas is the recipient of the 2025 Benjamin Franklin Medal in chemistry, awarded “for the creation and development of nanoshells — metal-coated nanoscale particles that can capture light ...