In the eyes of Alex Filippenko, a renowned astrophysicist and professor of astronomy at UC Berkeley, there are two types of science fiction shows: science fiction and extreme science fiction. "A lot ...

Berkeley Distinguished Professor of Astronomy Alex Filippenko hosted a casual star-gazing session with friends in Woodside, California, on May 18. That night, he captured pictures of galactic objects ...

Alex Filippenko is the kind of guy who brings a telescope to a party. True to form, at a soiree on May 18 this year, he wowed his hosts with images of star clusters and colorful galaxies—including the ...

Presenting the "5 Questions with David J Eicher" podcast, where top researchers in the field sit down with David J. Eicher and answer some of astronomy's most pressing questions. Astronomy ...

A dense, collapsed star spinning 707 times per second — making it one of the fastest spinning neutron stars in the Milky Way galaxy — has shredded and consumed nearly the entire mass of its stellar ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. For those who find black holes and exploding stars fascinating, renowned scientist Alex Fillipenko will put even more flair in the ...

ASPEN The universe is expanding faster than we thought, and Dr. Alex Filippenko is coming to Aspen to provide the details.Filippenko, who was voted best professor at the University of California at ...

Thanks to lucky snapshots taken by an amateur astronomer in Argentina, scientists have obtained their first view of the initial burst of light from the explosion of a massive star. During tests of a ...

In the eyes of Alex Filippenko, a renowned astrophysicist and professor of astronomy at UC Berkeley, there are two types of science fiction shows: science fiction and extreme science fiction. "A lot ...