In January, while examining ancient texts at Italy’s National Central Library of Florence, historian Ivan Malara found an ...

The oldest stars in the Milky Way are forcing a fresh look at one of cosmology’s biggest arguments. If some of them are about 13.6 billion years old, as a new analysis suggests, then the universe ...

Found in a 16th-century copy of an ancient astronomy treatise, the annotations suggest that the trailblazing scientist ...

The ancient Egyptians built temples that lasted thousands of years, and one of them happens to be in San Jose. Well, ...

The discovery of the universe’s oldest stars, identified within our own Milky Way galaxy, marks a significant leap forward in our understanding of cosmic history. These ancient stars, formed shortly ...

Astronomers studying the Milky Way's oldest stars have estimated that the Universe is about 13.6 billion years old.

The renowned physicist, mathematician, and philosopher would later reject the ideas presented in this very book.

Big philosophical questions, like… what keeps our universe in balance? From our perspective here on earth, the universe seems ...

Recent media coverage highlights the wide range of research, education, and scientific perspectives emerging from the SETI Institute community. From teacher training programs that connect educators ...

The Vera C. Rubin Observatory has started releasing its first discoveries: including supernovae, variable stars and asteroids ...

The Rosicrucian Egyptian Museum is one of those secrets hiding in plain sight, a full-scale Egyptian temple filled with ...

When most people think of a supernova, they're thinking of a Type II core-collapse supernova. These are massive stars that have reached the end of their time on the main sequence. They've used up ...