Earth-like planets have a thin crust, a large mantle (which contains a lot of molten magma), and a core. Inside these ...

Women have long contributed meaningful scientific discoveries to the field of astronomy; however, men have primarily dominated the vocation. As of 2019, women earn about 40 percent of the Ph.D.s ...

In 1967 Jocelyn Bell Burnell made a discovery that revolutionized the field of astronomy. She detected the radio signals emitted by certain dying... How Jocelyn Bell once made a discovery that changed ...

Images taken with the MIRI infrared camera on the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) have made it possible to observe the first galaxies in long-wavelength infrared light for the first time. Alongside ...

Welcome to the Department of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Delaware, where the pursuit of scientific discovery and innovation meets cutting-edge research and academic excellence. Our ...

The first galaxies in long-wavelength infrared light have been observed for the first time, thanks to images captured with the James Webb Space Telescope's (JWST) MIRI infrared sensor. These images ...