A technique called sonification allows new discoveries, brings out subtleties in dense data, and makes astronomy more accessible.

The University of Alberta offers free online courses thanks to a partnership with the online learning platform Coursera.

Explore Ceres, the largest asteroid in our solar system, and discover its remarkable ancient ocean and ice-rich crust.

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For those with ambitious reading goals in 2025, here is a list of four non-fiction books and five fiction books coming out in the first half of this year. Whether you’re looking for a cozy read during ...

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A unique dataset of Type Ia Supernovae being released today could change how cosmologists measure the expansion history of the Universe.

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