In 1974, the project’s Science Working Group recommended that the telescope be required to resolve details at least one-tenth ...

Working on Indigenous mathematics foundations for over 40 years, Doolittle says one tool he uses when thinking of Indigenizing mathematics is the medicine wheel: the mental, physical, emotional and ...

Nestled 1,000 light-years from Earth, a massive, chaotic disk is offering scientists a unique glimpse into the birthplace of planets. Known as IRAS 23077+6707, this protoplanetary disk is the largest ...

After detecting a strange combination of signals in the summer of 2025, astronomers believe they may have captured the first ...

Learn how Mount Wilson Observatory was founded on Dec. 20, 1904, the people involved, and the decisions that shaped early modern astronomy ...

An internationally-recognised expert on black hole astrophysics, Sera Markoff, has become the first woman to be appointed as ...

Capturing the first image of a supermassive black hole using the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT). This image of the black hole at the center of the nearby galaxy M87 reveals how gravitation affects the ...

Astronomers may have discovered the first example of an explosive cosmic event called a "superkilonova," in the form of a gravitational wave signal detected on Aug. 18, 2025.

Astronomers at the University of California, Santa Cruz, and UCLA will develop a next-generation instrument for detecting and ...

Comet C/2025 R2 (SWAN)'s backdrop is dominated by the Eagle Nebula — a vast cosmic structure of dust and hydrogen-rich gas that glows with its own light, having been ionized by the radiation emitted ...

Gnosticism is an esoteric religious movement which has flourished in the first centuries AD. It offers a truly unique view on existence, and blends theology ...