Astronomy studies celestial objects and phenomena beyond Earth. Astronomy degrees offer specializations like cosmology, planetary science, and stellar astrophysics. Astronomers use telescopes, math, ...

All societies have had ways of understanding nature based on their experiences of it. For example, farmers need to understand the seasons and weather to know when to plant and harvest their crops.

This summer, a team of students and I were enjoying breathtaking views of the night sky while we collected data using telescopes at the McDonald Observatory in West Texas. One night, when we were ...

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Since humankind has existed, so too has their fascination with the stars. Long before ancient people used the stars and planets to help them track the best harvesting times, the night sky provided a ...

Shekhar Gupta: Hello and welcome to Walk The Talk. I am Shekhar Gupta at Pune University’s IUCAA, The Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics. I stand here in this garden with all these ...