Jupiter is now well up in the east in the early evening, so we're now able to see the two brightest planets (Venus and ...
it's a pretty cool sight to see dozens of satellites moving as one across the night sky. Here's a guide to satellite-watching for your Starlink fix. Remember Orion's Belt? We're back to that. Hidden ...
November's Beaver Moon will appear in the sky next to the gorgeous Pleiades star cluster, also known as the "Seven Sisters." ...
Auroras are one of our night sky’s most dramatic spectacles. With modern cameras and smartphones, photographing these ...
A team led by Dante Minniti and including Vatican Observatory scholars maps the Milky Way in stunning detail. Built from ...
To the naked eye, the Milky Way (the Vía Láctea) is a path of pale white light seen to span the night sky—at least if the viewer ... and Infrared Survey Telescope for Astronomy (VISTA). However, this ...
Sixteenth century Danish astronomer Tycho Brahe laid the framework for modern cosmology without ever using a telescope.
A piece of SpaceX's massive internet constellation blazed across the central US on Saturday as it re-entered Earth's ...
A map of the night sky created by the ancient Greek astronomer Hipparchus was recently discovered at St. Catherine Monastery ...
How would you like to see the farthest thing visible to the naked eye? It’s possible, but you’ll need to bundle up and sit ...
How would you like to see the farthest thing visible to the naked eye? It’s possible, but you’ll need to bundle up and sit ...
KU astronomy hosted a a stargazing and planetarium event on Nov. 7 at Slawson Hall for students, staff and faculty to spend a ...