Mercury currently appears as a bright "evening star" in the southwestern sky at sunset. Mercury will reach its greatest ...

A spooky bat has been spotted flying over the European Southern Observatory's (ESO's) Paranal site in Chile, right in time ...

Over the past seven decades, thousands of sophisticated spacecraft have been launched on ambitious missions to look down on ...

Stock 23, also known as Pazmino's Cluster, is a relatively inconspicuous open star cluster located in the constellation Camelopardalis. Initially categorized as an asterism, recent research confirms ...

When you become a young observer of the skies, happy to be out in a dark field at night with a 6-inch or 8-inch scope, you never dream of the kind of night of observing I experienced on Thursday, June ...

Wausau Pilot & Review Central Wisconsin stargazers are in for a rewarding week of celestial events — including the peak of the Orionid meteor shower, ...

Astrophotography, and astronomy in general, takes some fairly specialized tools and a high amount of precision. Setting up the equipment can also take a lot of time, especially for amateurs traveling ...

Euclid’s first deep-field survey has captured 26 million galaxies, some over 10 billion light-years away, offering a preview of its mission to chart a third of the sky in stunning detail. AI and ...

When the National Science Foundation announced a competition to fund institutes in astronomy and AI in the summer of 2023, ...

Astronomy Day is an annual event in which professionals invite the community to come learn more about space. This Saturday, May 3, several West Michigan observatories are hosting events allowing ...