Greek astronomer Dimitrios Psaltis was instrumental in the gigantic effort to take mankind's first-ever image of a black hole ...

Cleostratus was a truly pioneering Greek astronomer who lived on the small Aegean island of Tenedos in the 6th century BC.

In their pursuit of knowledge about the natural world, 16th-century scientists saw few boundaries between experiment and ...

As Bajaj puts it: "These James Webb Space Telescope data sets are so beautiful." ...

The relative quantities of volatile gases like methane and ethane can reveal key details about distant Kuiper Belt objects.

IrishCentral Contributor Michael O'Shea traces the fascinating history of 'The Plough and the Stars' and how it became a ...

The story goes that the astronomer, philosopher, theologian and mystic Nasiruddin Tusi was able to make a lasting impression on Halaku via his "divination" prowess and his expertise in ...

The astronomer’s discovery is believed to be the largest known superstructure in the cosmos, which could reshape our understanding of outer space. ESA/Euclid/Euclid Consortium/NASA ...

M dwarfs are both tiny and temperamental, the yappy lapdogs of astronomy. In their first hundred million years or so of life, these feisty little stars produce a lot of light in high-energy ...

“Most comets are active around 3 to 5 AU,” Gröller tells Astronomy. That’s the distance where the Sun’s radiation can begin to trigger water-ice sublimation, which is the main driver of ...

In this episode, Astronomy magazine Editor Dave Eicher invites you to head out on the evening of March 13. That’s when one of the year’s best celestial events — a total eclipse of the ...

Anne Verbiscer, a research professor in the University of Virginia’s astronomy department, will soon be working with NASA to take a closer look at Jupiter’s Trojan asteroids. Verbiscer is one of eight ...