Stars with close companions are popular targets for backyard telescopes.

Ballarat's light pollution makes stargazing difficult. We all have a role to play in preserving the night sky.

Astrophotographer Ronald Brecher has captured a breathtaking view of Markarian's Chain — a string of majestic galaxies ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WIS) - Outside of Earth, the Universe is vast and ever-changing. Recently, there was a big discovery in our celestial backyard. Dr. Dave Jewitt, an astronomer at UCLA, says, “People ...

For those enchanted by the possibility of seeing further into the heavens (or looking to pass on that enchantment to the next ...

A backyard astrophotographer discovered a new galaxy with a 2MP camera. A 14-year-old unearthed a supernova by combing through space survey images. A backyard astronomer discovered 17 comets – ...

The ZWO Seestar S30 Pro is the latest of a new generation of smart telescopes designed to remove much of the complexity ...

LOCAL amateur astronomer, Chris Stockdale, has sighted potential planets around distant stars all from his backyard observatory in Churchill. The sightings of more than 100 co-discovered exoplanets ...

The concept of “two-eyed seeing” is alive and well at these astrotourism hot spots, where travelers have the opportunity to experience the night sky through both high-powered telescopes and Indigenous ...

The Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC) looks spectacular in a new snapshot. But something about it might really surprise you. It looks like this detailed image of a far-off galaxy was captured an advanced ...

GREENBELT, Md.—On Tuesday, NASA invited the press to look at the fully assembled Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, which is now ready to join the ranks of the great observatories in orbit, ahead of ...