In a surprising twist to our understanding of exoplanetary systems, astronomers have uncovered three Earth-sized planets ...

Centuries before other galaxies were known to exist, astronomers called them “spiral nebulas.” Today the defunct term still ...

On Nov. 2, Kip Thorne took the stage at Harvey Mudd College’s Galileo Auditorium to recount his 50 year odyssey of making ...

Bob Elliot was a professor of astronomy at the University of Wisconsin — Eau Claire during the days when Hobbs Observatory on ...

In July 2025, AIP started an initiative to improve the documentation and contributions of women in the physical sciences.

Exploring one of science's most exciting frontiers, the book "Life in Space" bridges astrophysics and biology to uncover the ...

Swift observations with the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope (ESO’s VLT) have revealed the explosive ...

The Franklin Institute announced Nov. 11 that it is awarding the 2026 Benjamin Franklin Medal in Physics, one of the nation’s ...

A century ago, a star in Andromeda named V1 launched a revolution in astronomy, revealing its true immensity and the origin ...

Evidence suggests the universe’s expansion has started to slow, not accelerate. The results imply dark energy is weakening ...

Astrophysicist Thomas Bensby is an observational astronomer of stars and the director of graduate studies at Lund ...