The thing that separates astronomy from just craning your neck upwards is understanding what you’re seeing, so learning is a big part of getting started. Here are the first steps to gaining a working ...

Dr. Ian Weaver, the Unistellar Education lead at the SETI Institute, shared his experiences from two star parties hosted with ...

Thanks to the James Webb Space Telescope, scientists have captured the first images of a planet in outer space with ...

The newly identified three-body system has a problem, and it’s not aliens—it’s that in about 20 million years, the stars are ...

Under its four-meter dome, Florida Atlantic University’s Astronomical Observatory invites all astronomy enthusiasts for a ...

Grand reopening planetarium shows will take place Friday and Saturday at the Ward Beecher Planetarium in Youngstown.

Whipple Observatory set to reopen with new Science Center, expanding access to astronomy for rural communities ...

The brain trust got together the other day. That’s always a dangerous thing. Not really danger, but the conversations that come out of a meeting of the brain trust is ...

Historic Yerkes Observatory and its expansive scenic grounds in Williams Bay were bustling with activity on Sept. 24 as GLAS ...

Picture walking outside on a dark, cloudless evening. You look up to admire the stars—maybe even a planet, if you're ...

Years ago, astronomy professors started noticing something that troubled them: Many of their students didn't understand ...