Vera Rubin, M.S. ’51, a pioneering astronomer in research on galaxy rotation rates, will be honored on a U.S. Quarter as part ...

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Scientists have detected oxygen in the most distant known galaxy. Astronomers from two separate research teams made the ...

The Hubble Space Telescope captured an image of a star and a spiral galaxy, both in the constellation Virgo. But the photo is ...

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American astronomy thrives today largely because of the underpinnings achieved by John Quincy Adams in his far-reaching ...

A project to map galaxies across the universe may have spied cracks in the foundation of our understanding of the cosmos.

Researchers at the University of Innsbruck are working intensively on preparations for the Euclid mission of the European ...

ALMA researchers reported the discovery of oxygen in the most distant known galaxy. Geologists believe unusual structures in ...

The boost in federal spending for SpaceX will come in part as a result of actions by President Trump and Elon Musk’s allies and employees who hold government positions. Supporters say he has the ...

Mar. 13, 2025 — Astronomers have constructed the first detailed 3D map of the properties of cosmic dust in our home galaxy. For their map, the astronomers used 130 million spectra from ESA's ...