While late M-stars are the easiest places to find Earth-sized planets, a new study suggests they are biological dead ends where animal life may never find enough fuel to evolve.

Ground-based optical astronomy primarily relies on nighttime observations due to the Sun's overwhelming brightness obscuring fainter celestial objects. Specialized solar telescopes and space-based ...

The Alumni Association at UC Santa Cruz is proud to present this year’s honorees of the UCSC Alumni Awards. These awards recognize and honor alumni who have demonstrated outstanding professional ...

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KEARNEY — A comet streaking across the night sky. The northern lights illuminating a Nebraska landscape. A supermoon rising over the horizon. They’re examples of our fascination with astronomy. At the ...

Vicki Kuhn, a graduate student in Mizzou’s Department of Physics and Astronomy, led the study. Kuhn’s passion for studying astronomy began during high school. University of Missouri scientists are ...

The universe’s expansion might not be accelerating but slowing down, a new study suggests. If confirmed, the finding would upend decades of established astronomical assumptions and rewrite our ...

A new analysis of Kepler data shows that one-third of small stars called M dwarfs may have the potential to host life. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.

“Versatile” is an apt, if succinct, way to describe Harshini Sinul. The native of Wayzata, Minnesota, graduated in May from the University of Colorado Boulder with majors in physics and astronomy with ...

What are the key scientific challenges for astronomy and astrophysics in the next decade? Pathways to Discovery in Astronomy and Astrophysics for the 2020s identifies the most compelling science goals ...

Such explorations have the potential to challenge our current approaches to studying nuclear matter, with important impacts ...