Alfred University is home to the Stull Observatory and its seven independent telescopes, but relatively few students have chosen to take advantage of those resources in the form of a minor in ...

When you look at the solar system, you might notice that the planets' orbits are tilted, and oddities in the protoplanetary ...

Astronomers have long investigated the effects of totality on the animal kingdom. Results vary from eclipse to eclipse and location to location, leaving one to wonder just what specific aspects of the ...

A study led by Howard Chen looks to explain what NASA space telescopes are missing in the search for life beyond Earth.

A research team from the Yunnan Observatories of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has conducted a study on the binary fraction ...

The York County Astronomical Society will have a public event Saturday, Aug. 30, at their observatory located at John Rudy County Park in East Manchester Township. From noon to 3 p.m., society member ...

Recent astronomical studies suggest a compelling new perspective on our place in the universe: it is now believed to be 100 times more likely that Earth resides in a vast cosmic void. This ...

Using CO (J=1–0) molecular line data obtained from the 13.7-meter millimeter-wave telescope at the Purple Mountain ...