Bright planet Venus mingles with the Moon and meets a bright star, plus deep-sky treasures shine in the sky this week.

Now, a five-year $3.5 million NASA Science Activation grant will support astronomy research and education under Idaho’s dark ...

Friday, October 30Take a peek over at Pisces this evening before moonrise to look for its famous Circlet asterism of stars.

Around 12 million light-years away, the supermassive black hole of the galaxy Centaurus A is hurling two enormous plasma jets into space at nearly the speed of light. These so-called jets are brighter ...

Astronomy and planetary science are the study of objects and phenomena that occur beyond the Earth’s atmosphere. This includes investigating stars and their interaction with each other and the ...

As someone who loved looking at the stars, I tried learning astronomy for the first time.Ever since I was a child, I have ...

An intriguing puzzle in extragalactic astronomy is the scarcity of little red dots (LRDs) at z 3, compared with their higher abundance at earlier cosmic epochs. Here, to investigate this, we measure ...

Kolkata: Indian school students won medals at the 5th International Olympiad on Astronomy and Astrophysics for Juniors (IOAA-Jr) 2026, held in Thailand from November 1 to 8. The Indian contingent ...

As the full Moon sets, the Sun is about to rise on the opposite horizon. The Very Large Telescope (VLT) has already closed its eyes after a long night of observations. The extraordinary quality of ...

An excellent alternative to bulky telescopes, these binoculars are easy to store and transport while giving you access to all wonders in the night sky. By Abby Ferguson Published Jan 4, 2024 4:00 PM ...

Five Indian students won two gold, two silver and one bronze medal at the 2026 Junior International Astronomy Olympiad in ...