The nature and evolution of stars, galaxies, galaxy clusters, dark matter and dark energy—and our attempts to understand these things—allow us to pose the ultimate questions and reach for the ultimate ...

Alfred University is home to the Stull Observatory and its seven independent telescopes, but relatively few students have ...

On 23 June 2025, the world will get a look at the first images from one of the most powerful telescopes ever built: the Vera ...

Witherspoon recently invited The Montana Standard to visit his home Cottontail Observatory ... of the area's dark night skies and his love of astronomy. He first got excited about looking at ...

The Enquirer's Just Askin' series aims to answer the questions that no one seems to have an answer for, except maybe Google. A hidden gem, in a building sometimes described as a jewel box, the ...

An accidental discovery in an astronomy show offers researchers a new clue about the mysterious Oort Cloud, a large expanse ...

A group of astronomers from across the globe, including a team from the University of Washington and led by Queen's ...

Astronomy has lost one of its most assiduous calculators of eclipses with the passing of astronomer Fred Espenak, known ...

The 30th anniversary of the Royal Observatory in Greenwich will be marked with a set of six stamps relating to ...

Royal Mail has released images of 10 stamps being issued to celebrate the Royal Observatory’s foundation in 1675. Featured on ...

Astronomers anticipate an unprecedented view of the solar system as the Rubin Observatory begins to scan millions of hidden ...

The telescopes at Lick may be vintage, but scientists at the observatory continue to discover new planets and examine ...