Pluto was believed to be the only body beyond Neptune with an atmosphere. Now, a new discovery in our solar system is ...

The FLAMINGO project helps scientists explore how galaxies, dark matter and cosmic structures evolved over billions of years.

Using MIRI (Mid-Infrared Instrument) on board the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), a team of researchers led by former MPIA ...

If confirmed, the rock would become just the second world past Neptune in our solar system to host an atmosphere.

The finding offers fresh insight into our solar system’s farthest, coldest objects in a region known as the Kuiper Belt.

The astronomer used the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) in Chile to make the observations.

Jake Kurlander is a graduate student at the UW school of astronomy who, along with UW research scientist Ari Heinze, built ...

University of Toronto student Margaret Ikape vividly remembers the first time she looked into a solar telescope. She was a participant at the West African International Summer School for Young ...

Understanding the universe as a whole requires simulations on cosmic scales. An international team of astrophysicists, with a ...

Chemistry in the first 50 million to 100 million years after the Big Bang may have been more active than we expected. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.

Dutch astronomer Willem de Sitter, born May 6, 1872, studied mathematics and physics at the University of Groningen, developing an interest in astronomy there and furthering it with work at Cape ...