This crescent-shaped cluster shines in northern Cassiopeia, visible all night long as the stars wheel around the North ...

Just as we use latitude and longitude to know the precise position of something on Earth's surface, it's useful to have a ...

Scientists have achieved a major breakthrough in understanding the Universe’s earliest moments, measuring the amount of ...

Astronomy magazine is proud to announce the winners of its 2026 Astrophotography Contest, presented by Celestron - the magazine's first photo contest in 13 years. More than 1,400 entries poured in ...

Since its founding in 1894, Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff has been a beacon of astronomical discovery, its scientists famously identifying Pluto and revealing the expanding universe. Now, Lowell ...

The cosmological constant Λ, and its generalization as dark energy, makes up roughly 70% of the present-epoch Universe and has been part of the dominant ΛCDM cosmological paradigm for more than a ...

Sri Lanka, Oct. 26 -- The 19th International Olympiad on Astronomy and Astrophysics (IOAA) was held in Ha Noi, Viet Nam, from September 25 to October 5, with teams from 66 countries representing all ...

Data access, or the availability of new and archival data for use by other scientists and the public, is key to scientific advancement. How data is presented, searched, and formatted determines ...

From three meteor showers to the rise of the supermoon, AccuWeather's Anna Azallion shares the top astronomy events to mark ...

As the full Moon sets, the Sun is about to rise on the opposite horizon. The Very Large Telescope (VLT) has already closed its eyes after a long night of observations. The extraordinary quality of ...

The astonishing diversity of the cosmos is on display in the 2026 Astronomy Photographer of the Year competition, organised by the Royal Observatory in Greenwich, London. From our own solar system to ...

You can also find great astronomy related activities in the PBS Teachers website. Sky Heroes [GRADE 3 AND UP] Decide whom you would honor with a place in the sky if we updated the constellations. Also ...