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Enjoy dark skies for evening observing, then catch a meteor shower and a planetary conjunction in the morning sky this week.
Photographer extraordinaire Don Pettit is about to return to Earth following a seven-month stay aboard the space station. Take a moment to enjoy his best work.
The Lyrid meteor shower will reach a peak later this month, but stargazers can catch a first glimpse beginning Wednesday ...
Chinese researchers analyzed the first-ever soil samples returned from the far side of the moon, but further samples will be ...
The Lyrid meteor shower — "considered one of the oldest and most reliable celestial shows of the year" — will overlap the Eta ...
Project-based learning and a modular class design help students from various backgrounds and universities gain hands-on experience with environmental remote sensing.
Despite decades of searching for this signal, astronomers have yet to find it. The problem is that our Earth is too noisy, making it nearly impossible to capture this whisper. The solution is to go to ...
Keep an eye on the skies, the Lyrid meteor showers will begin this week in the skies above Ohio, if the weather cooperates.
As part of Blue Origin’s all-female flight crew, Perry got the chance to view Earth from outer space when she joined ...
You don't need fancy equipment or to travel far to find a place to stargaze. Here are some fun spots in Delaware to watch the ...
The all-female crew spent just four minutes in zero-gravity space, and took much of the time to mug for the camera inside ...