COLLEGE PARK, Md., Nov. 13, 2023 – Smith College Physics Department has earned a Bronze Award from the Physics and Astronomy SEA Change Committee (P/A SEA Change) for their work to create a more ...

Arctic sea ice is like the fabled canary in a coal mine when it comes to global warming. The far north is very sensitive to changes in climate, with temperatures that fluctuate more than the southerly ...

Under the direction of science, technology, art, and math teacher Adrien Kaye, Sea Cliff School fifth graders participated in an educational hands-on astronomy learning experience with their younger ...

This summer, University of Florida (UF) astronomers inaugurated the world’s largest optical telescope on a nearly 8,000-foot mountaintop. But it was a far more modest observatory, located just above ...

Mars may be a dry, cold planet today, but it was once a warmer, wetter one. NASA’s Opportunity rover was the first rover to find solid evidence of water on Mars — but years before Opportunity’s ...

(CNN) — As humans, we seek to explore the unknown. This motivation, propelled by curiosity and the quest for knowledge, is why we venture beyond the familiar spaces of our everyday lives. The ...

(CNN) — A recently discovered ice core taken from beneath Greenland’s ice sheet decades ago has revealed that a large part of the country was ice-free around 400,000 years ago, when temperatures were ...

After months of high-octane celestial summer sights, the sky seems to be taking a respite from the shivers and thrills. As with many things cosmic, however, things are not always what they seem. If ...

Amid the Soul Nebula's harsh red light, a cocoon of gas holds baby stars in the making in this ethereal new Hubble telescope image. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an ...

Not every day does a particle from the outskirts of the universe crash through the Earth, lighting up thousands of detectors far beneath the ocean. But in the Mediterranean Sea, off the coast of ...