"Most excitingly, this new idea addresses one of the longstanding habitability problems on Europa and is a good sign for the ...

The astrophysicist was one of the first researchers to bring astronomy closer to the general public and to advocate the ...

Looking for a sky event this week? Check out our full Sky This Week column. January 22: Explore the Rosette Nebula The Moon passes 4° north of Saturn at 8 A.M. EST, then passes 4° north of Neptune at ...

The Vera Rubin Observatory has released the first images captured by its powerful new telescope. Designed to survey the entire night sky in unprecedented detail, the instrument marks a major step ...

Sky This Week is brought to you in part by Celestron. Friday3Pluto reaches conjunction with the Sun at 5 A.M. EST. Also this ...

Ileana Chinnici, an astronomer affiliated with the Vatican Observatory, is one of the editors of the new book Astronomical Observatories and Chronometry, 18th-20th Century: Studies in Honour of Paolo ...

Stamford Museum & Nature Center CEO Melissa Mulrooney has announced her retirement effective March 31. Photo courtesy of Stamford Museum ...

A tour of the Galileo Museum invites a reflection on the scientist from Pisa, who went on to transform humanity's conception ...

SpectrUM recently gained a $250,000 grant from NASA to place telescopes in the fall of this year in libraries across the state of Montana.

The night sky has long sparked wonder and curiosity. Early civilizations studied the stars and tracked celestial events, predicted eclipses and used their observations to construct calendars, develop ...

Scientists have created 3D printed surfaces featuring intricate textures that can be used to bounce unwanted gas particles away from quantum sensors, allowing useful particles like atoms to be ...