Astronomers have long been puzzled by a cosmic mystery: planets orbiting two stars—like Star Wars’ Tatooine—are surprisingly rare, even though they should be common. New research suggests the culprit ...

In 2010 astronomers made a marvelous discovery: buckyballs, also known as buckminsterfullerene molecules, inside a planetary ...

Scientists have discovered unexpected water-ice clouds on a distant, Jupiter-like exoplanet, challenging current atmospheric ...

The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope will help answer some of the biggest questions about the universe when it launches this ...

Forests provide myriad benefits, including timber, wildlife attraction, local cooling and climate resilience. At the ...

After two decades of increases, the overall number of physics bachelor’s degrees awarded has declined for the fourth ...

A newly analyzed planetary system spotted by NASA’s TESS mission is challenging long-standing assumptions about how planets ...

When you throw a ball in the air, the equations of classical physics will tell you exactly what path the ball will take as it ...

ANN ARBOR, MI - Marbely Micolta, a doctoral student in astronomy and scientific computing at the University of Michigan, has been selected as one of eight new 51 Pegasi b Fellows for 2026, one of the ...

Every April, like clockwork, a predictable ritual unfolds. Earth Day rolls around with the same tired apocalyptic sermon from the climate catastrophe cult. The routine never changes: The planet is ...

Event features live presentations, constellation tours and space science programming ...