The magnetic storm began on Earth at night after the arrival of one of the plasma clouds from solar flares on November 5-6. This was announced on November 8 in the Telegram channel of the Laboratory ...

When the National Science Foundation announced a competition to fund institutes in astronomy and AI in the summer of 2023, ...

A supermassive black hole gobbled up a huge enormous star, producing the biggest and most distant black hole flare ever ...

The article recounts the author's personal journey into astronomy, highlighting several influential beginner astronomy guidebooks from various eras, including "Stars: A Guide to the Constellations," ...

Humans throughout history have begun their years on so many different days that the alternatives, to quote late British historian A. F. Pollard, are “almost legion.” Jan. 1 is the most familiar to ...

The observatory’s proximity to Kirkwood Avenue, a hotspot for IU students, helps attract people outside of the astronomy department. Aida Melgarejo, a Spanish linguistics student, said she came across ...

Presents a series of 250 significant events in the history of astronomy and space exploration, from the original formation of the galaxies, to the space mission to the planet Mars, to speculation ...