Sometimes astronomers don't need giant telescopes to observe the wonders of the cosmos; they just need to look up at the ...

In our galaxy, a supernova explodes about once or twice each century. But historical astronomical records show that the last ...

A bold new era in astronomy is on the horizon. By 2029, Schmidt Sciences, the philanthropic foundation founded by former ...

One would think that a US$99,000 telescope requires specialist training and a thick instruction manual. But the new Hyperia ...

Lately we've been reporting about a series of studies on the Habitable Worlds Observatory (HWO), NASA's flagship telescope ...

The most recent CSC update adds more than 400,000 unique compact and extended X-ray sources, as well over 1.3 million ...

Ferris State University physics and astronomy professor Dinesh Shetty and student Francisco Vasquez have reached a milestone ...

Helping young people tap into their excitement about the night sky helps them build confidence and opens career pathways they ...

Winds exceeding 110 mph that tore across the top of Mount Hamilton early Christmas morning blasted a massive steel protective door off the iconic white dome at Lick Observatory. Now, with back-to-back ...

On January 18, 2002, the National Science Foundation formally opened the Gemini South telescope in Chile. This became the ...

The historic building atop Mt. Hamilton is red-tagged and closed to visitors. But Astronomer Elinor Gates gave us a ...

A US energy company has canceled construction of a hydrogen production plant in Chile. Astronomers feared interference with ...