Astronomers say they have traced a mysterious pulsing in the Milky Way to a surprising source: a dead star locked in a dance ...

Simply put, pi is a mathematical constant that expresses the ratio of a circle’s circumference to its diameter. It figures ...

BL Lacertae blazar shifts between classifications faster than expected. It shows record X-ray activity and challenges current ...

An Eastern Kentucky University professor says the total lunar eclipse overnight could increase interest in rare celestial happenings.

Dr. Sarbmeet Kanwal plans to discuss how the Horn Antenna in Holmdel led to the Big Bang theory at a talk at the county ...

At the Harvard College Observatory in years around 1900, women were hired to make measurements of astronomical data and do ...

With ongoing uncertainty in government funding, Iowa State researchers across many fields face increasing anxiety about their ...

There will be a total lunar eclipse late tonight. According to the Director of the Rothney Astrophysical Observatory and ...

The U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL), in partnership with NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC), has developed ...

The discovery of the dwarf galaxy Andromeda XXXV --located roughly 3 million light-years away and the smallest yet found in the Andromeda system -- is forcing astronomers to rethink how galaxies ...

During the long days I spend on campus nowadays, I occasionally succumb to inevitable exhaustion wherever I am. Some spots are decently comfortable for a quick snooze — others not ...

Blazars are active galaxies that emit narrow jets of ionized matter from their centers, aimed towards Earth. Depending on ...