In the run up to Christmas, carols fill the air. Many have an astronomical twist, singing of the "Christmas Star" from the story of the nativity. Described in the Gospel of Matthew, the star guided ...

The smell of ink, paper, oil and metal clung to the air. Shredded newspaper dangled from a milelong stretch of conveyors that shuttled millions of pages every week. After decades of work and ...

Duane Hamacher received funding from the Australian Research Council and the University of Melbourne. He is also President of the International Society for Archaeoastronomy and Astronomy in Culture, ...

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Journalists at The Kansas City Star officially have a new – though familiar – leader. Managing Editor Andale Gross was appointed as The Star’s next executive editor on Tuesday. He makes history as the ...

Across the galaxy, stars are born in immense clouds of gas and dust — stellar nurseries where gravity coaxes material to coalesce and ignite. Around many of these newborn stars, the surrounding gas ...

While some New Yorkers have already received their STAR checks, others will see theirs by year's end. But when? Knowing the timing for the influx of funds is vital for many families. And New York ...

A star that was stripped of its outer layers shortly before it exploded as a supernova offers astronomers an unprecedented glimpse of a stellar interior. Read the paper: Extremely stripped supernova ...

New York is continuing to mail STAR property tax credit checks to residents across the state. The state Department of Taxation and Finance has a tool that lets you look up whether checks have started ...

The James Webb Space Telescope imaged Earendel, thought to be most distant star seen in the universe so far. Credit: NASA / ESA / CSA A quirk of nature that helps magnify extremely distant cosmic ...

Astronomers have observed what they believe to be a never-before-seen companion star orbiting Betelgeuse, a pulsating red supergiant star in the shoulder of the Orion constellation. One of the best ...

ALBANY, N.Y. (NEXSTAR) — Homeowners in New York are supposed to see more money in their pockets this summer and fall as the state’s school tax relief program, STAR, rolls out its second phase of ...