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 ...

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 ...

Pliny the Elder was an intellectual powerhouse of ancient Rome. Though not a physician, in describing the ideal daily routine ...

The jellyfish galaxy in question. The dashed circles mark the four extra-planar sources that are identified in the galaxy’s tail. Credit: The Astrophysical Journal. Astronomers ...

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

Could there be another planet supporting life? Carnegie Science tackles the topic for the second of its free lectures: ...

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 ...

In 1984, an eighteen-year-old Scotsman landed in India with no plan, no contacts, and a budget of thirty-five rupees a day.

But don’t be fooled: the zodiacal light “will look like a mostly vertical column or pyramid” with “a soft, triangular, pearly glow,” Geza Gyuk, an astronomer at the Adler Planetarium in Chicago, told ...

National Geographic archaeologist George E. Stuart reported in 1975 on the scientists who sought to decode the ancient ...

Scientists studying lunar samples have finally resolved a decades-long debate about the Moon’s ancient magnetic field.

This is the first instance of this crop produced in this medium. Chickpeas aren’t the first crop that comes to mind when you ...