Compound, or catadioptric, telescopes combine lenses and mirrors for a compact option, suitable for both planetary and ...

The Perseids meteor shower will be active during the new moon in July. Here's when you can catch the celestial show in ...

Look east around 4 a.m. local time, just before dawn, to see the slender form of the crescent moon climb above the horizon. Jupiter, appearing as a bright "star" will sit about 5 degrees to the right ...

Because Pluto is so dim, you need a telescope to see it. “A backyard telescope could do it under the right conditions,” says ...

Pope Leo XIV marked the 56th anniversary of the 1969 Apollo 11 moon landing with a video call to U.S. astronaut Buzz Aldrin.

The event is co-sponsored by Badlands National Park and the NASA South Dakota Space Grant Consortium. It also serves as a key ...

The search for habitable exoplanets is a key priority and sits at the pinnacle of exoplanet science. The science community ...

Point a telescope at the sky and you might spot a shooting star, the moon, a planet, or a distant galaxy. The Royal ...

Test your knowledge of U.S. astronomers and their groundbreaking discoveries. Challenge yourself with this fun quiz and explore the universe!

Add this up and you’ve got “Sip Under the Stars,” a nighttime sky event being hosted at Chateau Chantal on Old Mission ...

International researchers have, for the first time, pinpointed the moment when planets began to form around a star beyond the Sun. Using the ALMA telescope, in which the European Southern Observatory ...

To get the full detail of a lunar eclipse, it helps to have binoculars or a telescope. Astrophotographers looking to upgrade ...