The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has potentially made a groundbreaking discovery, detecting what could be the universe’s first generation of stars, known as Population III stars. These primordial ...

"If our solar system is indeed moving this fast, we need to question fundamental assumptions about the large-scale structure ...

Scientists have finally confirmed a powerful coronal mass ejection from another star, using LOFAR radio data paired with ...

Physicists have uncovered a shocking twist in the fate of the universe—backed by real data and a precise timeline.

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.

Researchers at Cornell University have developed the first-ever reflectance spectra — essentially a color-coded key — of the ...

An ancient Arabic poem described a mysterious celestial object in the sky, sparking curiosity for centuries. Now, astronomers ...

Chris Ashall, an assistant astronomer at the UH Mānoa Institute for Astronomy, was part of the global team that zeroed in on the stellar explosion known as SN 2024ggi. The supernova was first spotted ...