The International Astronomy Center has revealed its predictions regarding the sighting of the crescent moon of the month of Shawwal 1447 AH determining the beginning of Eid al-Fitrin various countries ...

After years of investments, African telescopes are emerging as global leaders in frontier astronomy. From South Africa’s MeerKAT capturing the universe’s most distant gigamaser to Ghana’s radio ...

The Vera C. Rubin Observatory has started releasing its first discoveries: including supernovae, variable stars and asteroids ...

Each spring, amateur astronomers attempt the ultimate stargazing challenge—an overnight quest to spot every galaxy, nebula, ...

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Religious festival marks end of Ramadan ...

In our solar system, Jupiter is the undisputed king. If you added more mass to Jupiter, it wouldn’t actually get much bigger ...

The ancient tradition of watching the night sky to guide farming resumed on Thursday in Maldrogungkar county in Lhasa, Xizang autonomous region, as locals gathered at the Dakpo Observatory to mark the ...

The stars aligned last week at the Tucson Amateur Astronomy Association's beginning astronomy workshop. The association held a Family Astronomy Night on Dec. 20 at the Murphy-Wilmot Library, 530 N.

It's Friday evening. You have two days to fill, no budget to speak of, and kids who will be awake by 7 a.m. asking what ...

This all-inclusive refractor is best for observing planets and the moon, but still able to give skywatchers some glimpses of deep-sky objects.

Bright streaks on a small asteroid moon looked, at first, like a camera problem. They were faint, fan-shaped, and easy to ...