Rochester Institute of Technology graduate student Valerie Rapson was invited to join the American Astronomical Society Astronomy Ambassador program. Rapson, a resident of Greece, N.Y., is a Ph.D.

WASHINGTON — Forty-six undergraduate and graduate students have been selected to represent NASA in their local communities as recipients of the agency’s International Year of Astronomy, or IYA, ...

For the last five months, earth scientist and astronomer Don Hladiuk has been volunteering with Vchysia, or Learn and Teach ...

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Ithacans can now enjoy a drink alongside space science education thanks to the efforts of five graduate students in Cornell’s astronomy department. The students are spearheading an “Astronomy on Tap” ...

ASHEVILLE – Exclamations of “We got it!” “That’s so cool!” “Come look!” rose from a crowd at parking lot No. 8 on the University of North Carolina Asheville’s campus on Saturday, Oct. 14. A group of ...

Astronomy studies celestial objects and phenomena beyond Earth. Astronomy degrees offer specializations like cosmology, planetary science, and stellar astrophysics. Astronomers use telescopes, math, ...

Last year, senior Dan Van Noord discovered a subdwarf B binary star, which is akin to winning the astronomy lottery. Out of more than 100 billion stars in our galaxy, it’s estimated that only one ...

The Hrishikesh Banerjee Endowed Memorial Award was established in 2020 to support exceptional RIT students enrolled in the School of Physics and Astronomy. To qualify, nominees must be a continuing ...

The banner over the bar stated “Science Is Real,” and on a recent Monday night, the science was very real. “Astronomy on Tap Charlottesville,” which has brought the wonders of the universe to ...