Grote Reber helped spark decades of interest in radio astronomy in Tasmania when he decided to call the southern state home.

If you've been wanting a telescope for your smartphone that you can use while bird watching or to get a better look at ...

An artist's illustration depicts a brown dwarf filled with gas and dust clouds in its atmosphere. A new study of an ancient brown dwarf known as 'The Accident' reveals how cloud-like formations occur ...

The animal lovers at Maymo tricked their pup with a scary plant hiding in the backyard.

The Sunset Bay Astronomy Festival will return to Sunset Bay and Shore Acres state parks on Sept. 25-27. Here's how to attend.

Enhancing Astronomy Education through an Interactive STEM Day Program. Creative Education, 16, 1328-1341. doi: ...

The Sunset Bay Astronomy Festival is set to illuminate the skies near Coos Bay from Sept. 25-27. According to event organizers, the three-day event will take place at Sunset Bay ...

Zenghua Zhang, an astronomer at Nanjing University in China, and his colleagues were combing through catalogs of stars in search of cold brown dwarfs, interstellar objects that fall somewhere between ...

While stargazing and chasing the northern lights have long been popular nighttime activities, the rising popularity of noctourism has added another dimension to adventures in the dark. As summer nears ...

Friday, Sept. 12 at 8:30 p.m. NOTES: Gaze at the night sky through various telescopes. This is a relaxed chance to visit Rider Park in the evening hours. Local amateur astronomers will share their ...

Friday, Sept. 5 AUMI Jam, 4:30-6 p.m., Sound + Vision Studio, Lawrence Public Library, 707 Vermont St. KU Inter-Arts presents ...

What are the prospects of people actually living on Mars? How do astronomers use high-altitude balloons to put telescopes ...