A star projector shows stars in the night sky against an orange backdrop in the De Anza College’s Fujitsu Planetarium in Cupertino on Oct. 31, 2024. Photo by Magali ...

In 2025, astronomers sharpened their view of the planetary system around Proxima Centauri — the sun's closest stellar ...

One of the standout features of the Pithoragarh observatory is its commitment to community involvement. Starscapes has trained local residents to become Astro-Guides, who will lead night-sky shows and ...

Some Canadian universities have free online courses that you can take now. You don't have to be a current student or have any ...

Pranvera (Pran) Hyseni stood behind a golden telescope as a line of wide-eyed students stretched across the playground, craning to catch a glimpse of explosions on the surface of the sun. Between ...

The Milky Way was once a textbook example of how a spiral galaxy should form and evolve. Now a wave of new observations and ...

Astronomy is arguably the oldest science, and has featured strongly throughout the history of Nature — the first quasar, the first exoplanet, the nature of spiral nebulae, to name but a few of the ...

Astronomy and astrophysics are the study of objects and phenomena that are found beyond our solar system. This combines theoretical simulations and observation with both terrestrial and ...

Astronomical heritage, or cultural heritage relating to the sky, recognizes the relationships between humanity and the cosmos. Great advances in science and technology are recognized on the World ...

By Larry Barnett Linda Shore and her husband David Barker, Sonoma residents for the past 20 years, have traveled to Northern ...

Kuiper Belt clues, competing ideas, and how Rubin Observatory could finally reveal the hidden world soon by 2026.