Astronomy and Astrophysics

Twelve for dinner: How the Milky Way ‘ate’ smaller star clusters and galaxies Artist illustration of galaxy with differnt colored lines tracing paths of stellar streams

Twelve for dinner: How the Milky Way ‘ate’ smaller star clusters and galaxies

Two South Pole Telescope scientists tell what it’s like to work at the bottom of the Earth South Pole Telescope at night

Two South Pole Telescope scientists tell what it’s like to work at the bottom of the Earth

James Webb Space Telescope to offer humanity an unprecedented look at universe Artist conception of the James Webb Space Telescope unfolded in space

James Webb Space Telescope to offer humanity an unprecedented look at universe

Black holes have tantrums, and scientists have finally captured the resulting gamma rays An artist’s conception of a supermassive black hole at the center of a galaxy that is spewing out jets as well as via ultra-fast outflows of ionized gas.

Black holes have tantrums, and scientists have finally captured the resulting gamma rays

Priorities for next 10 years of astronomy include exoplanets, early days of universe Star formation

Priorities for next 10 years of astronomy include exoplanets, early days of universe

Scientists probe the atmosphere of a planet 340 light-years away Artist concept of small planet VERY close to its sun

Scientists probe the atmosphere of a planet 340 light-years away

To watch a comet form, a spacecraft could tag along for a journey toward the sun color photograph of comet with long tail with stars in background

To watch a comet form, a spacecraft could tag along for a journey toward the sun

Dust collected from a speeding asteroid analyzed with massive accelerator Argonne physicist Jiyong Zhao

Dust collected from a speeding asteroid analyzed with massive accelerator

Nigel Lockyer to step down as Fermilab director Nigel Lockyer

Nigel Lockyer to step down as Fermilab director

Noel Swerdlow, one of the ‘greatest scholars’ of the history of science, 1941-2021 Noel Swerdlow outdoors

Noel Swerdlow, one of the ‘greatest scholars’ of the history of science, 1941-2021