The cloud, named Eos after the Greek goddess of dawn, had eluded researchers because it contains very little carbon monoxide ...

William Optics’ newest machined aluminum refractor captures fine detail for imagers and its size makes it easily portable ...

In the moon-free skies of late May, high in the south east in the hour before midnight is the constellation of Hercules. Look for the four stars that make up the central keystone shape, located to the ...

May’s night sky is packed with astronomical events—find out when and where to look for meteor showers, ancient star clusters, ...

UC Riverside Astronomy Lecturer, Dr. Marie Wingyee Lau hosted a Skylark Speaker Series lecture about Quasars, and how they ...

In October 2022, the universe unleashed its most powerful recorded explosion—2 billion light-years from Earth. Known as BOAT ...

Hubble’s 35-year journey showcases humanity’s boldest space achievements, capturing everything from new stars forming to ...

Rob Datsko (left) and Win Pendleton love studying the stars so much that they started the Astronomy Club of Wind Crest in January 2024. It’s so popular that membership has gone from 24 people to more ...

A surprisingly well-formed spiral galaxy has been spotted just a billion years after the Big Bang, challenging long-held ...

April 21 - 28 is International Dark Sky Week, a global celebration of the night sky during which like-minded organizations ...

Dancing silently in Earth’s upper atmosphere, they form iridescent sheets of green and red (or sometimes blue and purple) light. And this week, across the northern United States—and even parts ...

In every scientific discovery in the movies, a scientist observes something unexpected, scratches the side of his or her ...