A crescent moon will appear alongside the bright stars Castor and Pollox to form a lopsided grin in the night sky on May 29.

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Women have long contributed meaningful scientific discoveries to the field of astronomy; however, men have primarily dominated the vocation. As of 2019, women earn about 40 percent of the Ph.D.s ...

Barlow Planetarium, 1478 Midway Road, Menasha, will host several events and shows on campus in honor of National Astronomy Day from noon to 9:30 p.m. May 3. The events will feature a new addition ...

Astronomy Space photo of the week: Cotton candy clouds shine in one of Hubble's most beautiful images ever Astronomy Space photo of the week: Hubble zooms in on the glittering galaxy next door ...

Get Instant Summarized Text (Gist) A new theory proposes a third category of galaxies, termed "red star-forming," which challenges the traditional classification of galaxies into blue (young, star ...

The annual Northeast Astronomy Forum (NEAF) was held over the weekend of April 5 and 6 at Rockland Community College in Suffern, New York. Organized by the Rockland Astronomy Club, NEAF is one of ...

Billed as the "World's Largest Astronomy & Space Expo," NEAF 2025 draws thousands of stargazers each year, with astronauts and exoplanet hunters speaking this year. A small town in New York is ...

From the return of shooting stars to a planetary gathering, here are the top astronomy events to mark on your April 2025 calendar. Vance in Greenland: ‘We do not think military force is ever goi ...

With some regularity, I get asked the difference between astronomy and astrophysics. I suppose I’m a good person to ask: Of my three degrees, two of them are in “astronomy and astrophysics”.

The 245th Meeting of the American Astronomical Society is being held Jan. 12 to Jan. 16 and will feature remarkable findings from the James Webb Space Telescope. Thousands of scientists from ...

Below are the peaks of 10 meteor showers visible in the Northern Hemisphere in 2025, with their visual strength ratings, courtesy of britannica.com: Full moons will appear at about mid-month at ...