Surprise finding suggests ‘water worlds’ are more common than we thought
Analysis finds evidence for many exoplanets made of water and rock around small stars
NASA’s new flagship telescope just released its beautiful first images of the universe
Nebulas, galaxy clusters among first batch of images from James Webb Space Telescope, successor to Hubble
Supernova forensics: Eight years later, an explosion far out in space is still revealing secrets about the lives of stars
Study including University of Chicago researchers analyzes aftermath of 2014 supernova
Twelve for dinner: How the Milky Way ‘ate’ smaller star clusters and galaxies
Study including UChicago scientists creates map of nearby stellar streams and dark matter
James Webb Space Telescope to offer humanity an unprecedented look at universe
Scientists hope launch of remarkable instrument will help explore previously ‘unanswerable’ questions
Priorities for next 10 years of astronomy include exoplanets, early days of universe
Astro2020 survey prioritizes UChicago-affiliated projects such as Giant Magellan Telescope, CMB-S4
Aging stars provide a new cosmological yardstick
UChicago researchers verify a new method of measuring distances to faraway galaxies
