On Nov. 2, Kip Thorne took the stage at Harvey Mudd College’s Galileo Auditorium to recount his 50 year odyssey of making ...

A proposed large-scale green hydrogen production facility (INNA) in Chile, situated approximately 3-7 miles from the Paranal Observatory and near the Extremely Large Telescope (ELT) construction site, ...

April 24, 2025, Mountain View, CA – The SETI Institute and the Maldives Space Research Organisation (MSRO) will collaborate on astronomy research, space science education and public outreach. This ...

Step into a a whole new world of discovery during the City of Astronomy Science Festival at the Pasadena Convention Center.

Estimating the chance of getting a message from life beyond Earth, say within the next decade, isn’t easy. Even the best experts are reluctant to offer precise odds. “Anybody who gave you a figure ...

As the moon blankets the sun and casts a dark shadow over the Earth, scientific breakthroughs can come to light. Total solar eclipses are more than just breathtaking spectacles—they are cosmic ...

The National Science Foundation takes a step (just one) toward an “extremely large telescope.” By Dennis Overbye The United States should commit $1.6 billion to building an “extremely large telescope” ...

Introduction to Astronomy is a college class usually filled with excitement and a lot of questions about outer space. Questions like: What are black holes? Are there planets out there that are ...

The Department's annual fund supports undergraduate research, scholarships, lab upgrades, and public outreach efforts in physics & astronomy. This fund supports the Sac State Planetarium’s educational ...

The Experimental Astronomy and Space Physics research group at Lowell Center for Space Science and Technology (LoCSST) is led by professors Supriya Chakrabarti, Timothy Cook and Christopher Mendillo.

Patricia Ann Whitelock receives research funding from the National Research Foundation and the University of Cape Town.. Daniel Cunnama receives funding from the National Research Foundation. He works ...