A superconducting kinetic inductance detector improves sensitivity limits needed for observing cold astrophysical objects, ...

FLAGSTAFF (AZFamily) — Lowell Observatory is a pillar for astronomy research in Arizona and across the globe. However, the ...

A University of Iowa researcher has been awarded funding from NASA to create an interstellar map that could lead to more accurate observations of planets located outside our solar system — known as ...

Red dwarf hurls plasma at speeds rarely seen from Sun, potentially stripping atmospheres from orbiting planets ...

Characteristic radio burst is evidence of a coronal mass ejection from outside our Solar System — plus, understanding the ...

An international team of scientists confirmed the first record of a plasma ejection from a red dwarf star outside the solar ...

Canadian astronomical research is getting a big boost with the return of Sara Seager to Canada after around 20 years at MIT.

A coronal mass ejection (CME) is an eruption of gas and plasma from the Sun. Solar physicists record a number of them each ...

“Biopigments are universal,” Coelho said. “They help life survive radiation, dryness, and other stresses. Now we have a new way to look for them—through the clouds of distant worlds. If life looks ...

Scientists have identified three Earth-sized planets orbiting two stars in the TOI-2267 system. Remarkably, planets transit ...

Astronomers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill have discovered that the famous Pleiades star cluster, the ...