Bellis and other volunteers from the group helped visitors view sights like the moon, Mars, and the Hercules Cluster, a tight ...

It took about 50 exploding stars to upend cosmology. Researchers mapped and measured light from Type Ia supernovae, the ...

This year, the Perseids began on July 17 and will remain visible until August 24. During its peak, up to 150 meteors an hour can be spotted in the night sky, which the Royal Observatory Greenwich says ...

Matthew McFadzean is one of two dark sky rangers at the Galloway Forest Park. He said the project created a "detrimental" ...

This year, the Perseid meteor shower will be active from Thursday, July 17 through Aug. 23. Here's what to know.

The Vera C. Rubin Observatory has released its first images, including a photo called the “Cosmic Treasure Chest,” showcasing ...

Because Pluto is so dim, you need a telescope to see it. “A backyard telescope could do it under the right conditions,” says ...

The NSF-DOE Rubin Observatory has officially begun its journey to map the universe, and it started with a remarkable feat: ...

Located on Cerro Pachón in Chile, the world's most powerful digital camera is set to transform how we see the universe.

Tony Tyson’s cameras revealed the universe’s dark contents. Now, with the Rubin Observatory’s 3.2-billion-pixel camera, he’s ...

Hotel Ursa in Orono has launched a celestial experience with Shawn Laatsch, a pioneer of the world’s first 3-D stereoscopic ...