A team of astronomers led by Elisabeth Matthews at the Max Planck Institute for Astronomy (MPIA) has made a discovery that highlights the limits of most current models of exoplanet atmospheres: ...

Fifteen years after Western astronomers first discovered "buckyballs" in space (soccer ball-shaped molecules that resemble a ...

The UW Space Place Outreach Center, which hosted 10,000 visitors a year, is closing as a result of departmental budget cuts.

Scientists have discovered unexpected water-ice clouds on a distant, Jupiter-like exoplanet, challenging current atmospheric ...

Celebrating Earth Day with an image of Earth captured by NASA's Artemis 2 mission around the moon.

Research findings are available online in the journal Astronomy and Astrophysics. The original story “ For the first time, ...

ANN ARBOR, MI - Marbely Micolta, a doctoral student in astronomy and scientific computing at the University of Michigan, has been selected as one of eight new 51 Pegasi b Fellows for 2026, one of the ...

The frequency of fireballs in our planet’s skies seemed to grow in recent months. NASA and other meteor experts can’t agree ...

The earlier a star formed in the universe, the fewer elements other than hydrogen and helium it contains. Now the most ...

Introduction to Astronomy is a college class usually filled with excitement and a lot of questions about outer space. Questions like: What are black holes? Are there planets out there that are ...

The Huntington Museum of Art will host a public astronomy talk beginning at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 28 at the museum, 2033 ...

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