In 1609, people observed the moon up close for the first time. East Germans consider the Italian scholar Galileo Galilei to be the father of telescope astronomy. However, a little-known British ...

In 1932, a new set of eyes on the universe were opened thanks to an accidental discovery by Karl Jansky. The young engineer from Bell Laboratories in the U.S., was looking for the source of static ...

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

Greetings, stargazers. Saturday is named for the prominent figure in Roman mythology. In addition to stargazing, this month should be great for Saturn-gazing. To ancient astronomers, Saturn was one ...

Galileo saw it first, but this time astronomers had a better view of what is going on with the sun and found a reason why ...

Nasa scientists dismissed a controversial claim by a Harvard astronomer that a newly discovered interstellar comet could be ...

Looking up at the night sky, the stars resemble grains of salt scattered on a dark cloth, seemingly within reach yet ...

In a landmark observation by a team of international researchers, NASA's Juno spacecraft has, for the first time, clearly ...

He shared the prize for the detection of gravitational waves—a milestone compared with Galileo’s invention of the telescope.

The autumn night sky in Ireland is an observer's treasure-trove and the first celestial event of the season arrives on September 7 with a lunar eclipse and blood moon ...

Plus, catch Saturn and Neptune at their brightest; spy the "string of pearls" galaxy; and a close encounter of the moon and Jupiter.