A new AI machine learning technique helped historians analyze 76,000 pages from astronomy textbooks spanning nearly two centuries.

For nearly a decade, the American Association of Physics Teachers (AAPT) has been working to bring together resources through ...

Nov. 11, 2024 — Why is the expansion of our Universe accelerating? Twenty-five years after its discovery, this phenomenon remains one of the greatest scientific mysteries. Solving it involves ...

The world’s richest man gave his money and time in campaigning for the president-elect and now is putting in his requests for a friendlier regulatory environment. By Eric LiptonKirsten ...

Short days and dark nights are here. These are the best headlamps for astronomy, stargazing, dog walking, and late-night runs — plan ahead of the Black Friday sales. If you often find yourself ...

Once again, we’ve scoured the astro-marketplace to find the finest, most practical, and most innovative products for Astronomy magazine’s Star Products, 2024 edition. This collection of 35 ...

ROCHESTER — Here’s a bright idea. Look to the west after sunset; the brightest star on the west horizon right now is Venus. If you hold your hand out at arm’s length, put your thumb at Venus ...

Oh, and it also has a tail. Congratulations, that’s Tsuchinshan-ATLAS. Astronomy Senior Editor Alison Klesman took this photo of Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS on her phone roughly 90 minutes after ...

TOLEDO, Ohio — October has been a very busy month when it comes to astronomical happenings. At the beginning of October, much of the US was able to see the Aurora Borealis - or Northern Lights ...

They found that this cluster harbors two stellar populations ... A study published in Astronomy & Astrophysics marks a significant milestone in our understanding of the formation and dynamical ...

When NASA's Voyager 2 spacecraft flew by Uranus in 1986, it provided scientists' first—and, so far, only—close glimpse of this strange, sideways-rotating outer planet. Alongside the discovery ...