Strongest evidence yet for an atmosphere on a rocky planet outside our solar system - a thick blanket of gases above an ocean of magma.

Astro Brief is a collaboration between KSMU, the Missouri Space Grant, and MSU's Department of Physics, Astronomy and ...

Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) say they have found the strongest evidence yet for an atmosphere ...

Here's a look at scientific discoveries and breakthroughs that made headlines in 2025, spanning space, biology, ecology, and ...

In a glimpse of the early universe, astronomers have observed a galaxy as it appeared just 800 million years after the Big ...

When is winter? Weather forecasters in the Northern Hemisphere will tell you Dec. 1 through the end of February, which is ...

The task force’s final of four reports details Columbia faculty’s role in driving a culture of anti-Israel activism.

Four penultimate class M solar flares have been recorded in the X-ray range. This was announced on December 10 on the website of the Institute of Applied Geophysics (FSBI "IPG"). "On December 10, at ...

Astronomers have spotted the longest gamma-ray burst ever seen, a cosmic explosion that lasted seven hours — and they ...

NASA's Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph (IRIS) mission captured an X1.1-class solar flare. See time-lapse footage of the ...

Two new awards totaling $4.8 million will fund next-generation instruments for mid-sized telescopes at Lick and McDonald Observatories, enabling researchers to study how planets and stars form. The ...