While tonight's "parade of planets" won't deliver the six visible planets in promised by social media, here are six other sights you can actually see ...

For the second year, Encinal School hosted an astronomy program — and based on last year’s success it expanded into a whole week of activities and learning. From themed art projects to an ...

Unlike a solar eclipse, which occurs when the moon passes between the sun and the Earth, people watching Tuesday morning’s lunar eclipse don’t have to worry about damaging their eyes. Binoculars will ...

A program about the spring equinox will be front and center at the University of Wyoming Harry C. Vaughan Planetarium during ...

The Hilltopper Astronomy Club put off its monthly solar observation to wait for clearer skies. The club plans to set up telescopes Thursday outside Hardin Planetarium if the weather permits. The event ...

Captured in December 2025, the newly released photo (it came out on Feb. 11) reveals how construction is progressing on the ELT's 80-meter-tall (260-foot) protective dome, which will one day host a 39 ...

Norwich — With time, elbow grease and considerable resources from the NFA Foundation, a Norwich Free Academy student and the school's technology director have restored the observatory atop the ...

SAN JOSE, Calif. (KGO) -- A Christmas morning storm caused incredible damage to the Lick Observatory visitor's center and work to repair the building before the next storm is ongoing. "I couldn't ...

I have been writing about the Giant Magellan Telescope for a long time. Nearly two decades ago, for example, I wrote that time was “running out” in the race to build the next great optical telescope ...

It’s Christmas morning. Snow is gently falling outside, cinnamon rolls are baking in the kitchen, and you just opened the present you’ve been dreaming of — a telescope! But after the initial ...

Federal Astrophysicist and External Relations Lead at the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, Smithsonian Institution In 2026, astronauts will travel around the Moon for the first time since the ...

PHOENIX -- Can Big Astronomy be nimble and economical? Eric Schmidt, a former CEO of Google, and his wife Wendy are betting on yes. Schmidt Sciences, which is part of the Schmidts' philanthropic ...