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Long before modern astronomy, the Assyrians were already observing the night sky. In this video, we explore an ancient ...

The UK government is to slash by 30 percent its funding for astronomy, particle and nuclear physics in a move branded as ...

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Hawaiʻi Island’s largest astronomy education program, Journey Through the Universe, hosted its 22nd year of classroom visits, career panels, and community events in Hilo last week.

BlueBird 6 features the biggest commercial communications array antenna ever deployed in orbit around Earth, spanning some ...

A newly identified planet candidate, HD 137010 b, looks strikingly Earth-like in size and orbit — but it may be colder than Mars due to its dimmer star. If it has a thick enough atmosphere, though, ...

Whether the groundhogs saw their shadows or not, here's when the real first day of spring will be, according to NASA.

Astronomers have uncovered a distant planetary system that flips a long-standing rule of planet formation on its head. Around the small red dwarf star LHS 1903, scientists expected to find rocky ...

February holds some spectacular sights in the night and morning sky. See what's happening in the skies over North Texas this ...

The existence of massive, elliptical galaxies in the early universe has puzzled astronomers for two decades. An international ...

The study, the first large-scale assessment of astronomy learning in India, highlights both enthusiasm for astronomy and deep ...