The Atacama Large Millimeter/Submillimeter Array (ALMA) in the Chilean Andes is one of the most powerful radio telescope ...

Radio astronomy has a pollution problem. Satellites thousands of kilometers overhead, designed to broadcast communications or ...

Comet 3I/ATLAS will get closest to Earth on Dec. 19, and astronomers will be watching.

The first pulsar was discovered in 1967 by Jocelyn Bell Burnell. Finding these mysterious signals forever changed astronomy.

“With this new machine-learning tool, the Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope can help scientists build a more accurate 3-D map ...

In a field dominated by men and scarce resources, astrophysicist Manisha Dwa has carved out a path of her own. She is working to transform astronomy education in Nepal, empowering students and pushing ...

At the UW, hundreds apply each year for the astronomy department’s graduate program, and a maximum of seven are accepted. But for the next year, they won’t be accepting any graduate students, due to ...

Comet, or rather interstellar object 3I/ATLAS, has become one of the most talked about celestial objects of 2025 as it makes ...

Mysterious Bright Flashes in the Night Sky Baffle Astronomers Celestial transients shine furiously and briefly. Astronomers ...

Following a sentencing in the Johnson County Courthouse Monday morning, former University of Iowa Physics and Astronomy ...

On December 19, avid skywatchers can catch a glimpse of the mysterious visitor through powerful binoculars or a telescope ...

The interstellar object 3I/ATLAS, passing near the Earth, will be at the minimum distance from the planet on Friday, December ...