Tag: astronomy
Exploding stars are rare but emit torrents of radiation − if...
Chris Impey, University of Arizona
Stars like the Sun are remarkably constant. They vary in brightness by only 0.1%...
April’s eclipse will mean interruptions in solar power generation, which could...
Vahe Peroomian, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
During the most recent total solar eclipse visible in...
Why does a leap year have 366 days?
Bhagya Subrayan, Purdue University
Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If...
Japan is now the 5th country to land on the Moon...
Mariel Borowitz, Georgia Institute of Technology
Japan landed its Smart Lander for Investigating the Moon, or SLIM, craft on...
Why is space so dark even though the universe is filled...
Brian Jackson, Boise State University
Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages....
Comets 101 − everything you need to know about the snow...
Shannon Schmoll, Michigan State University
When you hear the word comet, you might imagine a bright streak moving across...
A subtle symphony of ripples in spacetime – astronomers use dead...
Chris Impey, University of Arizona
An international team of astronomers has detected a faint signal of gravitational waves reverberating...
Astronomers just saw a star eat a planet – an astrophysicist...
Morgan MacLeod, Harvard University
For the first time, astronomers have captured images that show a star consuming one of...
EXPLORING NATURE
The chickadee in the snowbank: A ‘canary in the coal mine’...
Benjamin Sonnenberg, University of Nevada, Reno
Wet snow pelts my face and pulls against my skis as I climb...
