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Astronomers have discovered 18 new cases of black holes ripping up and devouring stars, more than doubling the number of known tidal disruption events found in the local universe.

Stars around the outskirts of our galaxy may hint at a secret about the Milky Way's dark matter.

"It certainly appears that the focus was never really about antisemitism and protecting students," scholar says

Turkish security forces this month detained dozens of people across the country accused of spying for Israel. The highly publicised raids are seen as a warning to Israel not to target Palestinians on Turkish soil, after Ankara insisted it would itself reign in anyone suspected of involvement in the 7…

Plaintiffs accuse the university of tolerating harassment, assault and intimidation of Jewish students

Several Jewish students have filed a lawsuit against Harvard University, accusing it of tolerating antisemitism that has resulted in them being intimidated, harassed and assaulted

I read with interest Mauricio Karchmer's Why I Quit My Dream Job at MIT, published Tuesday in The Free Press; but its perspective struck me as rather alien to the very nature of a modern secular American university. The author begins by pointing to what he sees as MIT's inadequate…

President Joe Biden’s education chief praised Dartmouth College’s culture including central role of students in discussions as way to navigate difficult issues like the the Israel-Hamas war

'Being the home of case studies, perhaps Harvard is not used to being their subject,' writes Yale's Jeffrey Sonnenfeld.