Astronomy day 2025 is upon us! To celebrate, we've picked six targets to emphasize the variety and scale of objects visible in the night sky that will make for a beautiful and rewarding sight, whether ...

The article presents *Astronomy magazine's* 15th annual selection of 35 "Star Products," curated to highlight innovative and practical gear for amateur astronomers. The compilation encompasses a ...

The Indian Knowledge System (IKS) division under the Union education ministry has announced two student competitions –– one to create miniature, working models of ancient astronomical instruments to ...

The results were published July 14 in the journal Astronomy & Astrophysics. Mapping the wave Gaia mapped the speeds and motions of stars for nearly a dozen years. In 2020, the telescope observed that ...

Launched on October 4, 1959, Luna 3 successfully became the first spacecraft to image the lunar farside. On October 7, 1959, the probe captured images using an onboard 35mm camera with treated film, ...

"We already see indications of cracks in the standard model." Are we living in a simulation? Well, the jury's out on that one. But humans do create simulations all the time. In fact, the Euclid ...

Protoplanets are celestial objects in the act of forming into full planets within the gas and dust disks surrounding hot, young stars. These objects, often several times the mass of Jupiter, are still ...

ON THE global stage of celestial celebration, International Astronomy Day on October 4 has taken on a special significance, with South African cosmologist Prof Yin-Zhe Ma being honoured for his ...

University of Texas Arlington provides funding as a member of The Conversation US. Right now, you’re zooming through space at incredible speeds. As just one of all the living creatures on Earth, ...