WE'RE DUE FOR ANOTHER CARRINGTON EVENT On September 1, 1859, astronomer Richard Carrington was observing a huge sunspot.

Celebrating 40 years in music, NEA Jazz Master and three-time GRAMMY® award-winning drummer, producer, and educator, Terri Lyne Carrington started her professional career in Massachusetts at 10 years ...

This merger—expected in about 5 billion years—has become a staple of astronomy ... "Are we alone?" This ancient question has occupied humanity's mind for a long time. In 1995, the discovery of ...

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How did we get here? Few topics in astronomy intrigue us more than this simple five-word query. Yet the simplicity hides multiple layers of complexity. How did the universe come into existence?

Credit: Astronomy: Roen Kelly The moonrise and moonset schedule this week The following is adapted from Alison Klesman’s The Sky This Week column. Times for sunrise, sunset, moonrise ...

June 2, 2025 — Tracing the origin of an ultra-hot exoplanet: The chemical composition of WASP-121b suggests that it formed in a cool zone of its natal disc, comparable to the region of gas and ...

June 2, 2025 — Tracing the origin of an ultra-hot exoplanet: The chemical composition of WASP-121b suggests that it formed in a cool zone of its natal disc, comparable to the region of gas and ...