After months of waiting, Mars has finally taken center stage in the night sky for skywatchers all around the world! On Tuesday morning (Oct. 6), the Red Planet was closer to Earth than it will be at ...

Got an eye on the night sky? This Celestron Travel Scope is perect for beginners and it's $40 for Amazon Prime Day!

Ladd Observatory sits about a half mile north of campus, sheltered behind a cluster of trees on the corner of Hope Street and Doyle Street. After a summer of major renovations to viewing equipment and ...

Let’s start off with a photograph of nothing. In 1995, NASA pointed the Hubble Space Telescope to an area above the Big Dipper that was not known to have anything significant in it. The Hubble Space ...

Look up at the sky on a clear night, and you’ll see lots of stars. Sometimes they seem almost within reach or at least a short rocket ride. But the closest star to Earth — not counting our sun — is ...