Learn how galactic archaeology uses chemical clues to uncover how galaxies formed and evolved over billions of years.

Stellar streams are trails of stars that astronomers can study to solve mysteries about the history of our Milky Way galaxy and, potentially, the dark matter that helps shape the cosmos despite ...

Spiral galaxy NGC 1365 is located about 56 million light-years from us. It is a pretty special galaxy, with two beautiful ...

Extragalactic archaeology has come of age, with astronomers for the first time reconstructing the history of a spiral galaxy.

The European Space Agency (ESA) has released a video of interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS, constructed from images taken by a probe headed to gas giant Jupiter. Meanwhile, the Search for Extraterrestrial ...

A new lecture series at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga will honor one of the most influential figures in the city’s astronomy history while bringing a distinguished alumnus back to the ...

By reading the chemical “fingerprints” of a distant galaxy, astronomers reconstructed its 12-billion-year evolution. This new ...

A team of astronomers led by the Center for Astrophysics | Harvard and Smithsonian have for the first time used galactic archaeology, the study of detailed chemical fingerprints in deep space, to ...

Delivering a lecture at the New Year "Kōsho Hajime" ceremony. Each year at the Imperial Palace in Japan, leading scholars are invited to speak at a traditional event kn ...

In 1926, Calvin Coolidge was the United States’ 30th president, U.S. Route 66 was established, actor Rudolph Valentino and biologist Luther Burbank died, Marilyn Monroe and future San Francisco icon ...

The 2026 Mark Lynton History Prize has been awarded to William Dalrymple for his book, “THE GOLDEN ROAD: How Ancient India Transformed the World”. for combining “literary grace, commitment to serious ...

In honor of Women’s History Month, we spoke with the creators of new picture books that highlight the enduring influence and ...