A monster galaxy from the early universe shows that the cosmos was rich with oxygen when it was only less than 3% of its ...

Images taken with the MIRI infrared camera on the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) have made it possible to observe the ...

Astronomers at Leiden University have detected rare isotopes of carbon and oxygen in our neighboring stars for the first time ...

Astronomers using the James Webb telescope alongside Canada's CHIME telescope have pinpointed the origin of one of the ...

Astronomers have used a new type of extreme supernova in which a massive star was stripped right "down to the bone" to better ...

During the 2025 Smithsonian Folklife Festival, sidewalk astronomers brought a sense of hope into Washington, D.C.

Time has always been one of the greatest mysteries of the universe. Scientists often speak of a terrifying paradox when ...

The sidereal day is defined to be the length of time for the March equinox to return to your celestial meridian. Compare this ...

Experience the awe and wonder of a total eclipse like never before with this stunning totality time lapse. Watch the sky ...

Bianco, associate professor of physics and astronomy and a core faculty member of the Data Science Institute, specializes in transient objects and things that move in the sky — things that appear, ...

St. Augustine said of time, “If no one asks me, I know what it is. If I wish to explain to him who asks, I don’t know.” Time is an elusive concept: We all experience it, and yet, the ...