Shapley’s award of the 2026 Dannie Heineman Prize for Astrophysics will be presented at the 249th AAS Meeting, Jan. 10-14, ...

New radio observations of the Milky Way are exposing hidden patterns in its magnetic field. People have scanned the night sky for ages, but some of the Milky Way’s most important features cannot be ...

Cosmic web Created using data from the JWST, this map shows how dark matter acts as the hidden framework on which visible ...

Austin Peay State University hosts three free public observatory nights in spring 2026. Join astronomy events this spring ...

Where starlight doesn't reach, new things are born: For the first time, an international research team has directly measured ...

When young stars mix with neutron stars, things get messy.

Thermoelectric devices are promising for capturing and converting waste heat it into useful electricity. Conventional devices ...

St. Charles branch of the American Association of University Women welcomes Michelle Nichols, an Astro Educator who will share her program about women involved with the ...

The “Theory of Everything” is the dream of physics — one framework that connects gravity, quantum mechanics, space, time, and ...

A surprising new set of objects in space with mismatched parts has been discovered by University of Missouri astronomers, ...

Astronomers have produced the most detailed map yet of dark matter, revealing the invisible framework that shaped the Universe long before stars and galaxies formed. Using powerful new observations ...

Any dynamical evidence is every compositional hint whenever an interstellar comet accelerates in such a manner that ...