Using clever light-detecting techniques, ExTrA searches red dwarf stars for planets that might support life. By studying tiny ...

At the end of February we will be able to see all of the planets all in a line in our Minnesota night sky! Here's when and ...

YR4 has a tiny chance of hitting Earth in 2032, but for now, you can watch it fly harmlessly through space in a short ...

Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine nominated former Ohio State Buckeyes football coach and university president Jim Tressel as the state’s next lieutenant governor on Monday. The ...

When we visited Yerkes Observatory in 2021, it was closed and faced a daunting road back, yet its director had big plans. It ...

Astronomers have found an incredibly rare complete 'Einstein ring' - predicted by Albert Einstein more than 100 years ago.