Austin Peay State University hosts three free public observatory nights in spring 2026. Join astronomy events this spring ...

Last week AES Andes—a subsidiary of the AES Corporation, an American energy company—announced it had scrapped its plans for a ...

The John J. McCarthy Observatory - run by volunteers on the grounds of New Milford High School - has been watching the night sky for 25 years.

Europe's ESO star-gazing organization on Monday welcomed plans to call off building a massive green energy project in the ...

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

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

Coming from one of the world's largest astrophysical research institutes, I can tell you, the anticipation across the global space science community is electric.

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

Today’s observatories document every pulse and flash in the sky each night. To understand how the cosmos has changed over ...

School District U-46’s Planetarium and Observatory has been named a member of the Alliance of Historic Observatories.

The observatory is on the grounds of the Julian Curtiss School and is open the first and third Wednesdays.

The historic building atop Mt. Hamilton is red-tagged and closed to visitors. But Astronomer Elinor Gates gave us a first-hand look at the repairs underway.