In this article, I introduce another option available for the astronomers out there—specifically, Cartes du Ciel, also known as SkyChart. Similar to other larger astronomy programs, you can use ...

A few years ago, a friend of mine, who is also an advanced amateur astronomer, had something to say about the time in which we live: “I cannot remember life before the Internet.” I have to agree.

Last year, senior Dan Van Noord discovered a subdwarf B binary star, which is akin to winning the astronomy lottery. Out of more than 100 billion stars in our galaxy, it’s estimated that only one ...

The SALT Astronomy software team supports SALT Astronomy Operations to operate, maintain, and develop software for the scientific analysis of observations from the Southern African Large Telescope. We ...

The SALT Astronomy software team supports SALT Astronomy Operations to operate, maintain, and develop software for the scientific analysis of observations from the Southern African Large Telescope. We ...

Nasa's Astronomy Picture of the Day archive is a packed with awe-inspiring, high-resolution images of space that, incidentally, work great as desktop wallpapers. But NASA doesn't offer an easy way to ...

Elephants are easier to spot from the heat they give off. Researchers are using astronomical techniques used to study distant stars to survey endangered species. The team of scientists is developing a ...

My God, it's full of stars! A Digg user found this open directory of every Astronomy Picture of the Day ever. Additionally, I located the annotated version. There are thousands of photos on offer here ...

Elephants are easier to spot from the heat they give off. ByPallab Ghosh Science correspondent, BBC News Researchers are using astronomical techniques used to study distant stars to survey endangered ...