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Astronomers have long speculated about the existence of a mysterious planet lurking far beyond Neptune, a world several times ...
The 2025 Sawtooth Writing Retreat will meet in the mountains near Ketchum, Idaho. The 2025 Sawtooth Writing Retreat is now ...
Astronomers believe there are two main types of GRBs, neither of which are long-lived. A short-period GRB’s initial phase lasts anywhere from a couple seconds down to only a few milliseconds, and is ...
A new study could help identify ancient signs of cryovolcanic activity. This, in turn, could help guide the search for ...
Since the discovery of planetary nebulae in the late 1700s, astronomers have learned that these expanding shells of glowing ...
Using the Hubble Space Telescope, astronomers have discovered a new rogue planet that was orphaned from its home planetary ...
With summer beginning to wane and the fall semester approaching, the University of Wyoming Harry C. Vaughan Planetarium is moving into high gear with 26 different events during August.
Astronomers have been left baffled by a cosmic discovery that defies longstanding theories about how stars interact with supermassive black holes. A powerful flare, linked to a star being torn apart ...
The mysterious cosmic explosion has been traced to a massive stellar explosion. A global team of astrophysicists, led by researchers from Northwestern University and the University of Leicester ...
A new study shows that, at its worst, the Starlink satellite network creates enough noise to hamstring radio astronomy.
Recently, one such topic has been making the rounds online: Will there be a total solar eclipse on August 2, 2025? With ...
Scientists report that emissions from Elon Musk’s Starlink network now appear in nearly 30% of certain telescope images, risking the ability to study the early universe.