The National Weather Service expects a storm to hit Mount Hamilton on Friday night and bring 2 to 2 1/2 inches of rain to the ...

Galileo Galilei is recognized as one of the most important scientists in history. He perfected the first telescopes and his ...

Public libraries and tribal colleges will be able to lend out telescopes in communities across Montana thanks to a $250,000 award from NASA to a UM program.

A UK-based research project, TomoGrav, will produce the first 3D movies of black holes, mapping plasma flows and gravity in real time using advanced AI and global telescope networks.

While most planets that we are familiar with stick relatively close to their host star in a predictable orbit, some planets ...

ALMA in Chile receives 145 low-noise amplifiers for Band 2, enabling detailed studies of cold interstellar gas, planet-forming disks, and organic molecules in nearby galaxies.

The moon and sun share top billing in 2026. Kicking off the year’s cosmic wonders is the moon, drawing the first astronauts ...

Most of the planets we’ve identified are in orbit around stars and formed from the disks of gas and dust that surrounded the ...

Rogue planets — worlds that drift through space alone without a star — largely remain a mystery to scientists. Now, ...

Astronomers have detected a massive, lonely world drifting through the darkness without a star to call home. This ...

Researchers have confirmed the mass of a free-floating planet thanks to a lucky convergence of ground- and space-based ...