A decade-long investigation into puzzling neutrino behavior has now ruled out one of the most widely discussed explanations: the sterile neutrino.

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Clues about how galaxies like our Milky Way form and evolve and why their stars show surprising chemical patterns have been ...

A new study revisits ancient Chinese records to explore whether a comet could explain the Star of Bethlehem described in ...

For the first time, scientists have made a clear X-ray detection of chlorine and potassium in the wreckage of a star using ...

Astronomers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill have helped uncover new clues about the longest-lasting cosmic ...

Archaeologists in Tiel uncovered a vast 4,000-year-old sanctuary used to track the sun’s position throughout the year. Built by Bronze Age farmers, the site’s wooden posts aligned perfectly with ...

Space weather is notoriously hard to predict, but one forecast map shows parts of Indiana might see the northern lights low on the horizon Dec. 8.

“The fact that we can now watch stars explode and immediately see the structure of the material being blasted into space is ...

For 19-year-old Gael Gomez, the Mount Pleasant Sidewalk Astronomers has changed his life for the better. But soon, he may be ...

Astronomers have long been concerned about reflections from satellites showing up in images taken by telescopes and other ...