Astronomer Vera Rubin spent much of her career at the Carnegie Institution’s Department of Terrestrial Magnetism in Washington, D.C. She's best known for convincing the world that dark matter exists.

Praised as an engaging professor, respected academic, persistent leader, compassionate friend and supportive colleague, Prof. Yervant Terzian, astronomy, passed away last week on Nov. 25 at the age of ...

The Green Bank Observatory is the world's largest fully steerable radio telescope. To keep the telescope moving takes a lot of work. In this video we meet technical manager, Anthony Nucilli who keeps ...

CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. When you think of astronomy jobs what comes to mind? Maybe people who look through telescopes, or who build telescopes or who study space? We ...