Department of Physics, Engineering and Astronomy has announced four dates for Public Observatory Nights this spring at the ...

Eric and Wendy Schmidt are backing a start-up-like approach to building a giant space telescope and powerful ground ...

A new discovery in physics can be exciting, but are scientists declaring quantum victory too soon? Many breakthroughs aren't ...

"WIMPs are still the leading candidate for dark matter, but billions of dollars of experiments have been done, only getting ...

The blast may have been a kilonova — a type of neutron star merger — in the wake of a more traditional supernova.

The supermassive black hole sitting at the heart of our galaxy is considered to be a slumbering giant. However, an ...

Astro Brief is a collaboration between KSMU, the Missouri Space Grant, and MSU's Department of Physics, Astronomy and ...

The region was monitored from its birth on the far side of the Sun on April 16, 2024, until its decay after July 18, 2024.

Research led by Daniel Ivanov, a physics and astronomy graduate student in the Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences at Pitt, uncovered a contender for one of the earliest observed spiral ...

Scientists say Earth’s magnetic field may have funneled atmospheric particles to the moon for billions of years. Lunar soil could preserve a record of Earth’s past while providing resources for future ...

Natural physical networks are continuous, three-dimensional objects, like the small mathematical model displayed here.

Leonardo Testi and team investigate the initial conditions for planet formation in this special astronomy focus ...