Planetary systems in the Milky Way galaxy tend to follow a particular pattern: rocky planets toward the center, closest to ...

The Brown kids have certainly gone through it—from the highs of weddings and new babies to the devastating loss of Garrison and the complete dissolution of their parents' plural marriage.

A distant planet’s final spiral into its star reframed Earth’s fate: not one sudden end, but long quiet thresholds over deep time.

Marjorie Albright passed away Jan. 28 at age 108. The painter, golfer, bridge player and devoted community volunteer is remembered as being curious, resourceful and joyful. She studied astronomy at ...

Northwestern honored four faculty who earned the 2026 Daniel I. Linzer Award for Faculty Excellence in Service for their positive contributions to the University in a reception Monday. Presented by ...

Arts & Cutlure Reporter Bea Johnson curates a story on astronomy professor Daniel Caton's life among the stars.

Astronomers watched a massive star in the Andromeda Galaxy vanish over a decade, providing rare evidence of a "failed ...

Astronomers have spotted a heart in the cosmos — not Cupid's doing, but a dying star shedding its layers — just in time for ...

Madison, Universities of Wisconsin President Jay Rothman announced in a press release.  Wilcots will take over for Chancellor Jennifer Mnookin May 17 when she departs UW to be President of Columbia ...

In a study published on Feb. 2 in Communications: Earth & Environment, an international team of researchers reveals how, in ...

India has unveiled plans to build two new optical-infrared telescopes and a dedicated solar telescope in the Himalayan desert ...

A “disappearing” star in the Andromeda galaxy is the closest and best candidate for a newborn black hole that astronomers have ever seen ...