How can astronomers pierce through the interstellar fog of the Milky Way—not to study distant objects, but to understand the ...

There is a large diversity in the chemical composition of astronomical objects such as planets, comets, circumstellar ...

There is a large diversity in the chemical composition of astronomical objects such as planets, comets, circumstellar ...

Researchers mapping a bubble of superheated gas that surrounds our solar system found a surprise, there is a tunnel that may ...

A team of astronomers recently announced that they've detected a possible sign of life on an exoplanet 124 light years away ...

Who knew that magnetic fields could be so useful? Astronomers are able to use magnetic fields to map our environment within ...

Third-year undergraduate Isabelle “Izzy” Connor and two Ph.D. candidates at other universities have recently won awards to further their research in astronomy and astrophysics at UC Santa Cruz.

"We are really trying to understand how far we can go, chemically, toward larger biological molecules and what environments ...

What do you think of when it comes to extra terrestrial life? Most popular sci-fi books and TV shows suggest humanoid beings ...

Researchers link two ancient mass extinctions to nearby supernova explosions, which may have damaged Earth's atmosphere and ...

Ostriker is responsible for groundbreaking discoveries that forever changed the way astronomers think about what the universe ...

The CMZ is a region of clouds rich in dust and molecular gas that roils around the galactic nucleus. It measures up to 2,000 light-years across, and it's dense. It contains nearly 80 percent of all ...