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.

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” ...

Eliza Frankel, a University of Wyoming physics and astronomy Ph.D. student, poses with her award-winning poster at a meeting of the American Astronomical Society in Phoenix, Ariz. in early January.

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Two Alfred University undergraduates accompanied their astronomy professors to the Astronomical Society of New York conference, held at Cornell University. Their work is part of a larger effort by ...

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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 ...

On December 3, Drexel University’s Department of Physics and the Dornsife Center for Neighborhood Partnerships hosted an Astronomy Night for the entire Drexel community. This event continues a ...

Alfred University is home to the Stull Observatory and its seven independent telescopes, but relatively few students have chosen to take advantage of those resources in the form of a minor in ...

NASA’s Stratospheric Observatory For Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) Science Center at NASA Ames Research Center in Mountain View, California, has selected the YAAYS (Yerkes Astrophysics Academy for Young ...