A University of Virginia astronomy professor will take part in a book talk at signing at a Charlottesville bookshop this weekend. Kelsey Johnson will be speaking about her new nonfiction book, Into ...

PASADENA, CA – Shrinivas R. Kulkarni, has been honored with the prestigious Shaw Prize in Astronomy for his pioneering discoveries related to millisecond pulsars, gamma-ray bursts, supernovae, and ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Astronomy professor Michael Meyer is at the forefront of the study of exoplanets — a field that ...

The article details the historical underrepresentation of women in astronomy, highlighting the significant contributions of numerous women despite facing systemic challenges such as limited access to ...

A professor at the University of Oklahoma took her research light-years beyond her campus. She has traveled the globe to study galaxies, and she made some discoveries along the way. Her research ...

Nobel Laureate Andrea Ghez gave her Last Lecture on May 14 to an auditorium filled with Bruins, her former students and fellow faculty. Thousands of Bruins voted for Ghez – who was one of 260 faculty ...

For Raymond E. White Jr., an astronomy professor at the UA from 1964 to 1999, the Steward Observatory was a second home. Or perhaps it was his first, depending on the time of day, said his widow, Ruby ...

MACON, Ga. — A bright fireball streaked across the Georgia sky Thursday afternoon, startling residents and sparking a flurry of speculation about its origin. Josh Grant was driving northbound on I-75 ...

Alfred University Assistant Astronomy Professor Connor Robinson recently lectured at the European Southern Observatory Headquarters outside of Munich, Ger., on a proposal to be submitted to NASA for ...

Rochester Institute of Technology professor Stefi Baum was named to a leadership position in the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Baum, the director of RIT’s Chester F. Carlson ...

A telescope is seen in the observatory at Minnesota State University Moorhead Regional Science Center, adjacent to Buffalo River State Park near Glyndon, Minnesota. MOORHEAD — A professor in the ...

Women have long contributed meaningful scientific discoveries to the field of astronomy; however, men have primarily dominated the vocation. As of 2019, women earn about 40 percent of the Ph.D.s ...