As the 9th American institution to invest, Northwestern University expands the Giant Magellan Telescope international consortium to 15 members from the United States, Australia, Brazil, Chile, Israel, ...

The essence of schooling has changed little since the 19th century, even amid calls for change and attempts at reform. A new ...

Lowell Observatory Sole Trustee Lowell Putnam, the great nephew of Percival Lowell, said the observatory made a commitment ...

A bird that mimicked a black hole. The astronomer who discovered microwave ovens. A telescope that can fly. The science of ...

Grand opening events are taking place this week at The Space Store’s new retail location in downtown Chattanooga.

The peak of this popular annual meteor shower risks being washed out by an almost full moon this year—but stargazers can ...

Ohio Wesleyan University has been awarded its fourth – and largest – Choose Ohio First grant, receiving $1,199,940 for ...

As a digression from our usual fare on the n n -Café, here’s one of my favorites, about an early theory of the Solar System, ...

The U.S. Geological Survey location and Astrogeology Science Center in Flagstaff made the proposal to name the crater, and it ...

Data access, or the availability of new and archival data for use by other scientists and the public, is key to scientific ...

While on Boston College's beautiful Chestnut Hill campus, students attend the Doctoral Proseminar and Law, Policy, and Politics of Higher Education in the (Inter)National Context. The dynamic city of ...

Liberal Democrat leader Sir Ed Davey has released a charity single in an attempt to claim the Christmas number one spot. Sir Ed has released the tune in association with Bath Philharmonia's Young ...