Even with eclipsing binaries, measuring the properties of stars is no easy task. Stars are deformed as they rotate and pull ...

This is a large number, but it is still just over one-half of 1% of all spending outside of Social Security and Medicare: For ...

He thinks it’s as straightforward as astronomy. Here’s the thing: The moon’s path around the Earth is very predictable. The only real forces involved are gravity and momentum.

This month, let’s consider 10 astronomy truths. Perhaps you already know these facts — after all, I’ve explored some of them on this page.

“To promote an appreciation for the art and science of amateur astronomy among the general public,” is the vision statement for The Greater Hazleton Area Astronomical Society (GHAAS) and ...

Formed around a distant star elsewhere in the Milky Way, it is an interstellar wanderer, not a merely interplanetary one. That realisation sparked a scramble. “It’s been full gas for the past week,” ...