The B.S. in astronomy & astrophysics at UW offers students an adventurous course of study in astronomical objects—from stars to black holes to solar systems—and their properties and functions. The ...

Alfred University is home to the Stull Observatory and its seven independent telescopes, but relatively few students have chosen to take advantage of those resources in the form of a minor in ...

One hundred years ago, Edwin Hubble made the first discovery of galaxies outside of our own. In 1923, Hubble found a way to view individual stars within the Andromeda Galaxy, which is 2.537 million ...

Vicki Kuhn, a graduate student in Mizzou’s Department of Physics and Astronomy, led the study. Kuhn’s passion for studying astronomy began during high school. University of Missouri scientists are ...

The first thing you likely think of when you imagine studying astronomy is looking through a telescope at night. The light from planets, stars, and galaxies is faint compared to the nearby Sun, so ...

“Versatile” is an apt, if succinct, way to describe Harshini Sinul. The native of Wayzata, Minnesota, graduated in May from the University of Colorado Boulder with majors in physics and astronomy with ...

Olivia Cooper (she/her) is an NSF Astronomy and Astrophysics Postdoctoral Fellow studying cosmic assembly from the lens of massive galaxy evolution. In her work, she uses multi-wavelength observations ...

How did the construction of the Subaru Telescope transform Japanese astronomy? A new study provides a quantitative answer by analyzing scientific publications and their citation impact during the ...

A long-exposure image of the Orion Nebula with a total exposure time of 208 minutes showing satellite trails in mid-December 2019. Credit: A. H. Abolfath/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA WASHINGTON — Legislation ...