It's a plot device beloved by science fiction: our entire universe might be a simulation running on some advanced ...

Researchers armed with a new "photonic lantern" device have discovered an unexpectedly asymmetrical disk of gas swirling ...

We've been studying them for millennia, so how far have we come?

More than a thousand years ago, astronomers from the Maya civilization developed one of the most sophisticated time-keeping ...

The Maya Civilization, from Central America, was one of the most advanced ancient civilizations, known for its significant achievements in astronomy and mathematics. This includes accurate calendars ...

For 20 years, he taught “Introductory Astronomy” at Boulder as a way to provide the foundation for how college students outside of science understand the field. That matters because, whatever they do ...

By Richard Ohanian Sometime in late 1780s, a math teacher in an elementary school in Brunswick, Germany, asked his students ...

Abstract: Palm leaf manuscripts are one of the earliest forms of written media that has enlightened humanity with various subjects such as medicine, astronomy, mathematics and astrology. Many palm ...

A: Multi-messenger astronomy is a relatively new way to study the universe by using more than one kind of “messenger” from space. For a long time, astronomy was almost entirely based on light, i.e.

Amid school-wide budget cuts, the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Astronomy, Math and Physics Library has closed. The Social Work Library will follow, closing at the end of the academic year, and ...

The International Astronomical Union Office for Astronomy Outreach (IAU OAO) and the International Planetarium Society (IPS) will jointly host "100 Hours of Astronomy," a global event from October 2-5 ...