The winners of the ZWO Astronomy Photographer of the Year 2025 will be revealed live online on Sept. 11 and you can follow ...

When you think of the great popularizers of astronomy in the past, two names stand out in particular — Carl Sagan and Sir Patrick Moore. Patrick (1923–2012) holds the world’s record for popularizing ...

Comet 12P/Pons-Brooks is a Halley-type periodic comet that was first discovered by Jean-Louis Pons on July 12, 1812 and then independently rediscovered by William Robert Brooks in 1883. It has an ...

KENNEBUNK, Maine — The Astronomical Society of Northern New England (ASNNE) held its January monthly meeting Friday, Jan. 7, 2022. Because of the weather, it was held remotely, on Zoom. The high point ...

(OK so I'll post this but then I really really have to get back to work!) I just got a note from the American Astronomical Society that many of the big lectures at the meeting in January 2008 were ...

When you see a suspiciously bright star near the moon at night, chances are it’s a planet. And we’ll have several moon-planet pairings early in the new year. Before sunrise on Jan. 8, look for the ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — The Grand Rapids Public Museum (GRPM) and Grand Rapids Amateur Astronomical Association (GRAAA) have announced that they will be hosting a Statewide Astronomy Night. The event ...

What aspiring astronomer can ever forget the first time he heard Captain James T. Kirk (as voiced by William Shatner) solemnly intone the original "Star Trek" opening monologue? A contemporary ...