SkyMapper and the SETI Institute have formed a strategic partnership to help SkyMapper build a decentralized telescope ...

Donald G. York, an astronomer with the University of Chicago who helped revolutionize the field as a co-founder of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey and made pioneering contributions to the study of the ...

In the run up to Christmas, carols fill the air. Many have an astronomical twist, singing of the "Christmas Star" from the story of the nativity. Described in the Gospel of Matthew, the star guided ...

Of all the amazing space and astronomy stories from 2025, these five (plus a bonus) stood out among the rest! From amazing celestial displays in our night sky, to incredible news from Mars, and even ...

A company called Reflect Orbital wants to illuminate the Earth after sunset with orbital sky mirrors, raising alarm bells.

If you were to ask a group of dedicated amateur astronomers to list their favorite telescopic targets, few if any would mention asteroids. That’s easy to understand. The typical asteroid lacks the jaw ...

Jupiter achieves opposition on January 10, providing optimal viewing of its extensive atmospheric details and dynamic Galilean moon transits, including a rare overlapping shadow transit of Callisto.

Flandrau Science Center and Planetarium has been ranked as one of the best in the country by USA Today, but the soon-to-be-50-year-old attraction on the University of Arizona Mall isn’t resting on its ...

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - After being closed for 13 years, the Jakarta Planetarium Theater at Taman Ismail Marzuki (TIM) is officially open. Governor Pramono Anung inaugurated the facility on Tuesday, ...

The University of Delaware’s Department of Physics and Astronomy offers an undergraduate major program leading to the B.S. in physics, with the option of a concentration in astronomy/astrophysics, as ...

Over 300,000 new types of ransomware and other malicious software are discovered daily, according to the IT security research institute AV-TEST. Computer viruses can slow your devices, create a slew ...