Dr. Amanda Bauer leads the resurgence of space and art exploration at Yerkes Observatory. Dr. Amanda Bauer is reimagining the future of Yerkes Observatory in Williams Bay as a historic outpost for ...

Celebrating the lasting legacy of our planet's off-world laboratory since it was first inserted into orbit in 2000, NOVA presents a two-part exploration of the venerable International Space Station ...

The delights of observing the night sky long have inspired artists, composers, and poets. Occasionally, people even share a career between astronomy and the humanities: The musician and composer ...

Giant space rocks are definitely going to hit the Earth again. We actually do know how to deflect them, but only if we find them and correctly assess their risk. But the solar system is a chaotic ...

"The Sun is just one among a hundred billion stars in the Milky Way Galaxy, each with its own cosmic tale to tell." — Timothy Ferris, in the film Seeing in the Dark The stars seem to change little if ...

Image: Expedition 14 Commander Michael Lopez-Alegria on the International Space Station in the world’s first HDTV broadcast from space. Image credit: Discovery Channel. Images from the world’s first ...

AUSTIN, TX, UNITED STATES, February 24, 2026 /EINPresswire.com/ — Austin PBS to Broadcast The Stars at Night during International Dark Sky Week and Dark Sky Month ...

There are lots of reasons to search for planets around other stars—exoplanets. A big one is to find other places in the universe that might harbor life. We only know of one such planet so far: Earth.

The universe thrums with quantum fields; and the particles of matter and force emerge as vibrational manifestations of the deep symmetries of these fields. The layers and reflections of those ...