Joe Baldwin of Oak Ridge National Laboratory will speak on “Planetary Imaging: Equipment and Methods.” The program is free and open to the public.

In 1920, astronomers Harlow Shapley and Heber Curtis held a Great Debate. Shapley argued that the spiral nebulae were small and in the Milky Way, while Curtis took a more radical position that they ...

There are thousands upon thousands of questions related to the topic of astronomy, from the basics of the science to the complexities of the distant cosmos. Here are just 40 such questions that we as ...

Amateur astronomers and beginners will find the Dwarf 3 Smart Telescope useful for capturing shots of the night sky with the ...

Reach for the Stars is offering a family-friendly stargazing event in Tucson that includes views of Saturn, Jupiter, the Orion nebula, star clusters and galaxies.

When we join him next month, King will be freshly arrived from Norway, where he’s leading a Roads Scholar trip to see the Northern Lights. Minnesota Night Skies will be a monthly podcast for the ...

The James Webb Space Telescope has captured new imagery of stellar nursery 30 Doradus, nicknamed the Tarantula Nebula. The Near-Infrared Spectrograph (NIRSpec) and Mid-infrared Instrument (MIRI) ...

Easily visible to the naked eye, with a magnitude of 4. , where new stars are being born from the gas and dust. The intense ...

A Month of Bright Planets Venus blazes at its brightest for the year after sunset, then Mars and Jupiter to rule the night ...

February stargazing is fantastic for many reasons, but this year there’s a one-two-three punch of bright planets adding to ...

With February’s winter nights regularly dropping below freezing, it’s tempting to take the easy way out and just stay inside.