From the scorching surface of Mercury to the icy edges of Neptune, our planetary neighborhood is full of wonders. The order of the planets isn’t just trivia—it tells a story about temperature, ...

A new public competition will allow a lucky astronomy enthusiast to name one of Earth's tiny "quasi-moons." Here's everything you need to know about how to enter the competition for free.

Here are a few astronomy activities on the Web that families have enjoyed over the years. To get your family in an astronomy mood, you can start by encouraging a dinner-table discussion of how many ...

Between 1969 and 1972, six Apollo missions successfully landed on the Moon. Each crew faced danger, discovery, and the thrill ...

My students always chuckle when I point out constellations with two or three stars like Canis Minor and tell them those several points of light represent a dog. Or a crab. Or a sextant. All those ...

Veteran astronomer Daniel Horenstein has been named manager of the Buhl Planetarium & Observatory at the Carnegie Science Center. Horenstein brings a wealth of research experience studying the ...

Astronomer Dean Regas worked with Clovernook Center for the Blind & Visually Impaired to create an accessible book about ...

Astronomical Society of the Pacific Names Leo Connolly Winner of 2006 Emmons Award for Excellence in College Astronomy Teaching ...

On Sept. 28 2020, the University of Maine board of trustees approved to have the name of the Emera Astronomy Center changed to the Versant Power Astronomy Center. This change comes amidst the ...

Caroline Herschel, the first English professional female astronomer, made contributions to astronomy that are still important to the field today. But even many astronomers may not recognize her name.

In effect, constellations were transformed from vaguely-defined star patterns to contiguous areas on the celestial sphere (akin to states of the USA) that extend to infinity, subdividing the sky ...