Water is the universal yardstick of comet science, the baseline for measuring how sunlight drives a comet's activity and ...

A new study has challenged a popular explanation for the unexpected 30-second shortening of Dimorphos's orbital period. The ...

UC Riverside has developed a technology that enables scientists to peer deeper into the universe. Gravitational-wave science ...

"There is a timely and critical need to develop predictive tools capable of assessing and optimizing team composition, ...

A study led by Howard Chen looks to explain what NASA space telescopes are missing in the search for life beyond Earth.

The object was detected by observing how its gravity distorts light behind it. Astronomers have discovered an extremely faint ...

Explore the universe with multi-messenger astronomy, combining light, gravitational waves, neutrinos, and cosmic rays for a ...

Ask most astronomers, and they'll tell you that dark matter and dark energy make up more than 95 percent of the universe and that they are the explanations for many of the large-scale phenomena we ...

Scientists have discovered a hidden truth about the composition of space dust which helps to form planets and stars around ...

Alfred University is home to the Stull Observatory and its seven independent telescopes, but relatively few students have chosen to take advantage of those resources in the form of a minor in ...

Enceladus has long been considered a prime candidate in the search for life beyond Earth because of its hidden ocean and ...

Bates is welcoming a large group of new faculty this year. Seventeen tenured or tenure-track professors will join the college ...