Astronomers are racing to protect the dark skies as private companies seek to place large advertisements in Earth orbit ...

The four laser beams excite sodium atoms in the atmosphere to make for better cosmic observations. The post Incredible photos ...

The effects of a proposed green-energy facility in Chile could be devastating for some of the most powerful instruments ...

X-ray astronomy is a somewhat neglected corner of the more general field of astronomy. The biggest names in telescopes, like ...

It's official - space is a war-fighting domain. Who says so? The British, the Americans, Nato and, among many other nations, ...

Researchers show that precisely layering nano-thin materials creates excitons -- essentially, artificial atoms -- that can act as quantum information bits, or qubits.

By taking two flakes of special materials that are just one atom thick and twisting them at high angles, researchers at the University of Rochester ...

Check out the Adler Planetarium, DuSable Black History Museum, Shedd Aquarium and more, with many offering free admission ...