Astronomy Update is provided by the Chippewa Valley Astronomical Society and is compiled by Dr. Lauren Likkel.

Are these shafts celestial guides, spiritual conduits, or just clever engineering? The mystery of the Great Pyramid’s ...

The world's most powerful telescopes, including the James Webb Space Telescope and FAST, are revolutionizing our ...

Astronomers have detected a giant exoplanet – between three and ten times the size of Jupiter – hiding in the swirling disc ...

Stars often die with a final burst of beauty. For the first time, astronomers have captured visual proof that a star can ...

Some planets take the expression "you're your own worst enemy" to the extreme. At least, that's what astronomers found when ...

“These objects collect the dark matter that helps them become a dark dwarf. The more dark matter you have around, the more ...

Only a few dozen of these short-lived binaries exist in the galaxy at a time, making the serendipitous find extremely ...

Planetariums were a hit with the public. Within decades, they had spread around the world – the first planetarium in the United States opened in Chicago in 1930, while the first one in Asia opened in ...

Credit: A Rainbow Mosaic of the Rosette and the Christmas Tree Nebulae © Shaoyu Zhang Behold! The 2025 ZWO Astronomy ...

Around 1,000 scientists are attending the Royal Astronomical Society's (RAS) annual National Astronomy Meeting 2025 (NAM) ...

Waves, Winds and Stars" show at the Ohio State University Arne Slettebak Planetarium is an interactive new show exploring the ...