Light is the fastest phenomenon in the universe, clocking in at just under 300,000 kilometers per second. The telescopes that observe that light, from radio waves to gamma rays, are built at rather ...

The Ultraviolet Explorer (UVEX) is a Medium-class Explorer mission that will conduct an all-sky ultraviolet survey. Credit: Caltech WASHINGTON — NASA has selected four mission concepts for additional ...

Shapley’s award of the 2026 Dannie Heineman Prize for Astrophysics will be presented at the 249th AAS Meeting, Jan. 10-14, ...

Rochester Institute of Technology graduate student Chi Nguyen was selected for a NASA Earth and Space Science Fellowship in Astrophysics Research. Nguyen, originally from Vietnam, is a Ph.D. student ...

The Hubble Space Telescope, star matter, measuring the distance of space — and nearly all of the accomplishments we’ve worked toward in astronomy and astrophysics would not be possible without the ...

Humanity is intricately linked to the stars. They literally gave us life; we are the dust of these cosmic beasts. But more than that, human civilization has been greatly influenced by the motions and ...

Gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) are intense bursts of gamma radiation, typically generating more energy in a few seconds than the sun will produce over its ten-billion-year lifetime. These transient phenomena ...

For decades, scientists have worked towards building world-class observational facilities on Indian soil, and the emphasis on upgrading and establishing advanced telescope infrastructure, particularly ...

Propel your career forward with an accredited graduate certificate. Astronomical and Astrophysical observations have entered an era where the data collected by telescopes are undergoing dramatic ...

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced measures to increase outreach of space discoveries.

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