Rainbows may be a trick of the eye, but they’re also based in fascinating optical physics. Here's how they work and why we ...

Nov. 11, 2024 — Why is the expansion of our Universe accelerating? Twenty-five years after its discovery, this phenomenon remains one of the greatest scientific mysteries. Solving it involves ...

The new members bring expanded expertise in ethics, space communication, animal intelligence, extraterrestrial materials and ...

NASA Solar System Ambassador Ellie White is conducting two astronomy events at the Huntington Museum of Art (HMA) this month.

For nearly a decade, the American Association of Physics Teachers (AAPT) has been working to bring together resources through ...

A solar wind event squashed the protective bubble around Uranus just before Voyager 2 flew by the planet in 1986, shifting ...

A joint project between University of Kansas and University of Houston supported by $1.8 million from the National Science ...

Minutes with Tipton originated in January 2022 on the Education Page. Students in the After School Education and Safety (ASES ...

In August, the Association for Advancing Participatory Sciences (AAPS) announced a fellowship opportunity in partnership with ...

In medieval times, astrology was considered a serious science, a branch of astronomy. Curator Larisa Grollemond of the Getty Museum, walks us through the medieval zodiac and how someone’s sign ...

I loved astronomy because it was fun to learn the ... But science like chemistry and physics? Science where math was involved and we did more hands-on experiments? Nah. That didn’t hold my interest as ...