On the night of Oct. 5, 1923, Edwin Hubble observed a strange star that flickered in intensity at regular intervals. The star ...

The Copernican Principle, named in honor of Nicolaus Copernicus (who proposed the heliocentric model of the Universe), states ...

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LOUISVILLE, Ky. — The Louisville Chorus is inviting audiences to embark on a breathtaking journey through space and sound with Beyond the Stars: A Cinematic Journey Through the Universe, calling it a ...

It's a celestial event that has astronomers both excited and puzzled. Dan Smith has the story of how a gamma-ray burst across the universe is turning heads in the space science community. 📡💥 ...