These discoveries laid the groundwork for further exploration of the solar system. Today, the Galilean moons remain of great ...

New research from a team of citizen scientists challenges the old idea that Jupiter's visible clouds are formed of ammonia ...

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has captured a unique image that revealed 44 individual stars in a galaxy 6.5 billion light ...

Using NASA's James Webb Space Telescope, scientists have observed a galaxy nearly 6.5 billion light-years from Earth, and ...

Discover the incredible journey of carbon atoms through space and their essential role in the creation of life on Earth.

In new research, we have for the first time tracked one of these pulsating signals back to its source: a common kind of lightweight star called a red dwarf, likely in a binary orbit with a white dwarf ...

In this episode, Dave Eicher invites you to observe the open star cluster M35, which lies at the feet of the constellation Gemini the Twins. It’s easy to spot even through binoculars, and it makes a ...

Looking halfway across the observable universe and expecting to see individual stars is considered a non-starter in astronomy ...

Taking advantage of a cosmic "double lens," astronomers resolved more than 40 individual stars in a galaxy so far away its ...

The fleeting cosmic firework likely originated within the turbulent magnetosphere surrounding a distant neutron star. Fast ...

To promote an appreciation for the art and science of amateur astronomy among the general public,” is the vision statement for The Greater Hazleton Area Astronomical Society (GHAAS) ...

There are several ancient monuments proving that our predecessors possessed knowledge of astronomy and used it for practical ...