For decades, scientists engaged in the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI) have probed the galaxy for signs of ...

When the Square Kilometer Array (SKA) Observatory goes online later this decade, it will create one of science's biggest data challenges. The SKA Observatory is a global radio telescope project built ...

G eorge Smoot, who won a Nobel Prize in Physics for his role in the "discovery of the blackbody form and anisotropy of the cosmic microwave background radiation” in 2006, has died at home at the age ...

When American-born pioneer of radio astronomy Grote Reber died in Tasmania in 2002, his ashes were separated into compact steel rectangular boxes and hand delivered to locations across the globe. The ...

While I enjoy stargazing as much as the next person, I also love to know how things work – to get under the hood. French ...

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At first glance, it looks like an uneven smudge. But when astronomers enhanced the image, sharp edges appeared — two distinct, intersecting rings centered on a compact galaxy. The rings seem to trace ...

Jacob Payne, a graduate student and research assistant at the University of Iowa’s Department of Physics and Astronomy, ...

Ukrainian defense forces destroyed a giant radio telescope in Crimea, a powerful planetary transmitter once used to support deep space missions and METI—the attempt to message extraterrestrial ...

Golden State Valkyries fans cheer during the fourth quarter against the Minnesota Lynx at Chase Center. / David Gonzales-Imagn Images The biggest game of the season for the Golden State Valkyries is ...

On Sept. 26, Washburn University’s physics and astronomy department celebrated the achievements of Steven G. Black, previous chair of physics and astronomy. When Black retired in 2018, Karen Camarda, ...