What is …?” is a section-wide column that explores the STEM majors at UW and explains what they are. This week, c William ...

AI tools are transforming how we observe the world around us—and even the stars beyond. Recently, an international team ...

Science uses careful, organized observations and tests to construct theories that are recorded, passed on to others and built ...

"Light pollution from projects like INNA doesn't just hinder research, it steals our shared view of the universe." ...

The clearest and most precise images yet of the universe in its infancy—the earliest cosmic time accessible to humans—have ...

Fleming made major scientific discoveries and belonged to the Harvard Computers, a team of women who processed astronomical ...

Could black holes, which are known as the most destructive forces in the universe, create conditions on nearby planets where ...

The project in the Atacama Desert could increase light pollution by up to 50%, making it much harder to observe the cosmos ...

Saturn just solidified its title as ‘moon king’ with an updated tally of 274 satellites orbiting the gas giant. The ...

The telescope, apart from its size, benefits from the exceptionally dark sky above Mount Paranal, which is the least light-polluted among all major astronomical ... on Earth for astronomy, to ...