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

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

The terminator sweeps across the Moon, Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS continues to wow, and Jupiter reaches a stationary point in ...

For the best experience, you'll want to get away from bright city lights — the darker the skies, the better the view. Bring ...

Oct. 1, 2024 — Astronomers have discovered an exoplanet orbiting Barnard's star, the closest single star to our Sun. On this newly discovered exoplanet, which has at least half the mass of Venus ...

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

NASA announced that two space probes proposed by University of Maryland astronomers have advanced to the next round of ...

The Springfield Museums, in collaboration with the Springfield STARS Club, is bringing back its popular monthly stargazing ...

High in the Chilean desert, the Extremely Large Telescope is taking shape. It promises sharper views of space than we've ever seen — but will Australian astronomers be able to use it?

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

Ithacans can now enjoy a drink alongside space science education thanks to the efforts of five graduate students in Cornell’s astronomy department.