Astronomy News

Writers Jasmina Tesanovic and Bruce Sterling visit the Sardinia Radio Telescope, a large, fully steerable radio telescope currently which was recently completed near San Basilio, in province of Cagliari in Sardinia, Italy.

With its 3.5m mirror and three state-of-the-art instruments, Herschel was the most powerful observatory of its kind ever put in space.

Lone Signal's website will let Earthlings submit messages for transmission to Gliese 526, a potentially habitable solar system 17 light years away.

Feng shui, often called the art of placement, is an ancient oriental science incorporating astronomy, geography, environment, magnetic fields, physics and natural elements.

The Supermoon is coming. In fact, the upcoming Supermoon is being called a Super Supermoon by some.

Astronomy programs are set for Friday and Saturday at Cherry Springs State Park.

Gluttonous black holes in the center of some galaxies could be precursors to the brightest objects in the known universe.

Astrophysicist and former NASA consultant Kevin Manning will present an astronomy program Monday, June 24 at 7 p.m. at the Clay Community Center.

A new analysis of data from the Chandra space telescope revealed 26 black hole candidates in the Andromeda Galaxy.

Astrophysicist Brian Schmidt says he will be forced to abandon the research that won him a Nobel prize unless Australia secures access to the latest generation of telescopes.

An unusual outburst from a supposed supernova has astronomers arguing whether the star has actually exploded, or if it is still awaiting its violent death.

Radar images of asteroid 1998 QE2 and its satellite on June 7. Each frame in the animation is a sum of 4 images, spaced apart by about 10 minutes.

Comet ISON has been called the "Comet of the Century" for its potential to come very close to the sun later in the year.

The least massive galaxy in the known universe has been measured by UC Irvine scientists, clocking in at just 1,000 or so stars with a bit of dark matter holding them together.

“Finding a galaxy as tiny as Segue 2 is like discovering an elephant smaller than a mouse,” said UC Irvine cosmologist James Bullock, co-author of the paper. Astronomers have been searching for years for this type of dwarf galaxy, long predicted to be swarming around the Milky Way.

A team of researchers has discovered evidence that an planet may be forming quite far from its star - and much further than has been seen before.

The University of Wyoming is hosting middle school students from Wyoming and other states for a 10-day science camp.

Less than a hundred years ago, there was serious debate among professional astronomers about whether our Milky Way galaxy, with its many billions of stars, was the entire universe.

Explanation: The first APOD appeared eighteen years ago today, on 1995 June 16. Although garnering only 14 pageviews on that day, we are proud to estimate that APOD has now served over one billion space-related images over the past eighteen years.

The successful launch of the Shenzhou-10 spacecraft marks China's coming of age as a strong player in mankind's endeavor to explore the unknown in the universe, said a U.S. scientist.

Planets in solar systems that have two suns - similar to the fictional Tatooine planet from the film Star Wars - have more potential for supporting alien life than planets with single suns, according to an astronomy student.