On Thursday, Dec. 4 and Sunday, Dec. 7, Outdoor Idaho aired a program about volunteer activity in Idaho. Among other volunteer efforts, the program highlighted the IDAstro program, which is led by ...

From an interstellar comet to breathtaking auroras and from brand-new rockets to iconic space telescopes, here are some of our favorite images from the cosmos in 2025 ...

Meteors from the Ursids appear near the Little Dipper, which is part of the constellation Ursa Minor. Only skywatchers in the ...

The Geminid meteor showers, considered one of the best of the year, is about to peak in 2025. Here are the best locations in ...

The Geminids peak when the moon is 30 percent full, according to the International Meteor Organization. To get a hint at when ...

Observing the universe has always depended on dark skies, long exposures, and instruments designed to capture signals that are often barely distinguishable from background noise. This delicate balance ...

China and Brazil have established a joint laboratory dedicated to radio astronomy technology, marking a significant ...

Taylor Observatory and Norton Planetarium offers cosmic educational events from the Earth and beyond for all ages.

Evidence for this idea comes from lunar soil samples brought back by Apollo astronauts in the 1970s. Scientists analyzing these samples found volatile substances such as water, nitrogen, carbon ...

Activity on the sun is not constant; it varies along a cycle of about 11 years. The peak of this solar cycle — called solar maximum — is when sunspots, solar flares and coronal mass ejections (CMEs) ...

In 2025, astronomers sharpened their view of the planetary system around Proxima Centauri — the sun's closest stellar neighbor, which lies just 4.2 light-years away — thanks to a powerful new ...

A scientific experiment aimed at detecting dark matter in space launched from Antarctica on December 15, with significant ...