Austin Peay State University hosts three free public observatory nights in spring 2026. Join astronomy events this spring ...

Last week AES Andes—a subsidiary of the AES Corporation, an American energy company—announced it had scrapped its plans for a ...

One would think that a US$99,000 telescope requires specialist training and a thick instruction manual. But the new Hyperia ...

Coming from one of the world's largest astrophysical research institutes, I can tell you, the anticipation across the global space science community is electric.

Europe's ESO star-gazing organization on Monday welcomed plans to call off building a massive green energy project in the ...

In our galaxy, a supernova explodes about once or twice each century. But historical astronomical records show that the last ...

Sometimes astronomers don't need giant telescopes to observe the wonders of the cosmos; they just need to look up at the ...

School District U-46’s Planetarium and Observatory has been named a member of the Alliance of Historic Observatories.

High up in the Pinaleño Mountains, the stars of the vast Milky Way come trickling in through the lens of a solitary telescope fortress as researchers seek answers to that gnawing question: What else ...

After Santa delivered big trouble to Lick Observatory — the iconic astronomy complex atop Mount Hamilton east of San Jose where ferocious winds early Christmas morning blasted open the steel dome ...

The historic building atop Mt. Hamilton is red-tagged and closed to visitors. But Astronomer Elinor Gates gave us a first-hand look at the repairs underway.

There are plenty of parades we can easily join in this world — the zany Doo Dah Parade in Pasadena welcomes anyone for a $10 fee — but there are a few noble processions that we must be satisfied from ...