Welcome to Astronomy 101. In this series, we explain fundamental concepts and describe intriguing objects in the cosmos. In this episode, I’ll discuss some of the most familiar sights in the ...

Astronomy magazine Senior Editor Richard Talcott introduces the Astronomy 101 video series with a look at one of the weirdest objects in the universe: black holes.

Marking the International Year of Astronomy (IYA), Jeff Kanipe takes a look at the prospects of the 'big four' major new telescopes. They have a tough act to follow, as a trawl through 'Hubble's ...

Why Astronomy 101 is 'perfect' for teaching climate change Introduction to Astronomy is a college class usually filled with excitement and a lot of questions about outer space.

Carl Sagan nailed it. “Even today, the most jaded city dweller can be unexpectedly moved upon encountering a clear night sky studded with thousands of twinkling stars,” he wrote in his … ...

Star Gazers STG420 July 14-20, 2025 “Astronomy 101: Shortcut to Sky Degrees” ...

Astronomy 101 for Coloradans: Clubs, apps and telescope stores helping earthlings reach for the skies The universe of amateur astronomers is expanding rapidly while new space exploration ramps up ...

Years ago, astronomy professors started noticing something that troubled them: Many of their students didn't understand climate change and the science supporting it. So a small group of professors ...

Before astronomy students at Columbia University can learn about about the sun, moon, and stars, they’ll have to take a refresher on … the “genocide” at Gaza? That’s the message from an undergraduate ...

The total cost of the project was about two thousand dollars. The small Ozma team used a chart recorder and a loudspeaker to ...