While imperceptible to humans, these tiny delays are significant for experiments that rely on pulsars as ultra-precise cosmic ...

Donald G. York, an astronomer with the University of Chicago who helped revolutionize the field as a co-founder of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey and made pioneering contributions to the study of the ...

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

There is no doubt that books have the power to change how people think about the world — and the universe — around them. But what makes a book influential? Does it need to have a major impact on ...

As an astronomy major, you’ll study how the universe formed and learn about the stars, planets, black holes, dark matter, galaxies and solar systems. With education requirements centered on ...

Historians working with an artificial intelligence assistant have begun tracking the spread of astronomical thinking across Europe in the early 1500s. The analysis contributes to challenging the “lone ...

The famous first image of a black hole just got two times sharper. A research team used artificial intelligence to dramatically improve upon its first image from 2019, which now shows the black hole ...

When Valerie Stimac spotted Hale-Bopp, that was it. She was hooked. That unusually bright comet, which flew by Earth in the mid-1990s,sparked her lifelong fascination with the night sky. Add to that ...

There has never been a more exciting time to study the exciting discipline of physics, spanning the workings of the sub-atomic world to the ever-expanding universe. The BS Physics Program in the ...

Created in 2003 within the framework of the Global Strategy for the balanced, representative and credible World Heritage List, as a pilot activity for the identification of the sites connected with ...

From discovering planets to following comets, women all over the world play a crucial role in astronomy. While it's hard to pick the definitive list of women who have contributed to our understanding ...