Astronomers are gathering in Phoenix this week for the 247th meeting of the American Astronomical Society (AAS 247), where ...

Size matters when it comes to telescopes. The bigger they are, the farther they can see. Prioritizing constructing large ones ...

The National Weather Service expects a storm to hit Mount Hamilton on Friday night and bring 2 to 2 1/2 inches of rain to the ...

A research team from the Shanghai Astronomical Observatory (SHAO) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has uncovered the origins of double-peaked narrow emission-line characteristics in galactic centers ...

From new exoplanetary neighbors and a weakening dark energy to the best evidence for life on Mars and an interstellar comet ...

Between stunning deep space photos, telescopes and other astronomical wonders at its Astronomy Hub, the Adirondack Sky Center ...

Every Wednesday night as the sky grows dark, the Kirkwood Observatory opens its doors to the public. Available from the end of spring break to the beginning of Thanksgiving break each year, the ...

Sensitive equipment and historical artifacts — including the Mills spectrograph used in the observatory’s early days to ...

Have 73 hours to kill and fancy a 4,609-mile road trip? Then you can check out some of the best observatories in the US (although we would probably recommend taking a couple of weeks rather than ...

Researchers from Yunnan University, the Shanghai Astronomical Observatory (SHAO) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and the ...

Dew accumulation on optical surfaces of professional telescopes degrades performance and necessitates difficult, costly cleaning. Heating large telescope mirrors to prevent dew formation is ...

Archaeologists have uncovered the first and largest astronomical observatory from 6th century BC — located in Kafr Sheikh, Egypt. The Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities shared the remarkable ...