A powerful solar eruption could light up skies across the northern tier, with the northern lights possible far beyond their ...

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Astronomers have spotted the longest gamma-ray burst ever seen, a cosmic explosion that lasted seven hours — and they ...

Eleven faculty members are receiving support for their work through this year’s Hellman Fellowships, and it comes right when ...

Four UC Nobel laureates on what they discovered here, why it matters, and why their world-changing work could only have ...

An international team of astronomers, led by SRON, has observed a sudden outburst of matter near the supermassive black hole ...

A decade-long investigation into puzzling neutrino behavior has now ruled out one of the most widely discussed explanations: the sterile neutrino.

Dark matter is special in that it doesn't emit, absorb or interact with light, so science had to find a more creative way to ...

Space weather is notoriously hard to predict, but one forecast map shows parts of Indiana might see the northern lights low on the horizon Dec. 8.

New 3I/ATLAS images from NASA and the ESA suggest the interstellar comet is active as it approaches Earth in December.

Astronomers at UNC-Chapel Hill studied the longest gamma-ray burst ever recorded, uncovering new clues about a mysterious ...

Astronomers have captured the most detailed close-up images ever taken of stars exploding, known as novae. These pictures ...