For millions of years, a fragment of ice and dust drifted between the stars—like a sealed bottle cast into the cosmic ocean.

When the famous Coggia's Comet flashed across the sky in 1874, a Missouri astronomer named Carr Waller Pritchett made a wish.

The search for an unknown planet in our solar system has inspired astronomers for more than a century. Now, a recent study suggests a potential new candidate, which the paper’s ...

Bates is welcoming a large group of new faculty this year. Seventeen tenured or tenure-track professors will join the college ...

China’s vast development of renewable energy and infrastructure is more than just an engineering feat. It is the foundation ...