The UK government is to slash by 30 percent its funding for astronomy, particle and nuclear physics in a move branded as ...

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Planets that orbit white dwarf stars should be too hot to host alien life, theories suggest. But a new study accounting for Einstein's general relativity may rewrite that rule. When you purchase ...

Eliza Frankel, a University of Wyoming Ph.D. student studying physics and astronomy, was one of seven graduate students honored with the Chambliss Astronomy Achievement Student Award at the 247th ...

Astronomers watched a distant star dim for months and found a metal-rich cloud that may be the aftermath of a massive ...