When Rutgers theoretical astrophysicist Charles Keeton first saw an unusual picture shared by his colleague, he was intrigued ...

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Today, I must share a big news from the field of astronomy! The Webb Telescope has recently made a significant discovery by ...

The exoplanet is the first confirmed detection of a planet in a multi-ringed protoplanetary disk, a disk that contains ...

Let me tell you, the astronomy community has been buzzing lately with the sighting of a mysterious comet dragging a 'colorful tail' across the sky. The scene was simply breathtaking! Many people had ...

(THE CONVERSATION) Scientists first detected ripples in space known as gravitational waves from the merger of two black holes ...

Dr Ryan MacDonald, lecturer in extrasolar planets in the School of Physics and Astronomy at the University of St Andrews, ...

University of Virginia astronomy undergraduates focus on the shadows of asteroids and dwarf planets for their Earth-bound ...

For the past decade, gravitational wave astronomy has opened our eyes to amazing cosmic phenomena thanks to LIGO, the Laser ...

A decade ago, researchers at the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) detected ripples in the fabric of ...

Introduction: the natural history of the heavens and the natural history of discovery -- Part I. Entrée: 1. The Pluto affair -- Part II. Narratives of Discovery: 2. Moons, rings, and asteroids: ...

pt. I. Ancient astronomy, from its origins to the end of the Middle Ages. The origins of astronomy -- Primitive astronomy in China, Chaldea and Egypt -- The cosmology of primitive peoples -- The ...