Given how unfathomably large the universe is, it is perhaps understandable that we haven't yet cracked all its secrets. But ...

Astronomers at the European Southern Observatory have released the largest infrared map of the Milky Way ever. The enormous ...

From a solar eclipse to a dolphin-like nebula, these winning shots by astrophotographers from around the world depict the ...

Wisconsin Public Radio You don’t need a telescope — although a good set of binoculars would help — to see a comet, meteor ...

In galaxies far, far away…we’ve discovered so much since the turn of the century. Here's a look at some of the greatest astronomical discoveries from 1998 to 2024, during the first 25 years of ...

Kitt Peak National Observatory is celebrating 60 years of welcoming visitors to the moutnaintop collection of telescopes 55 ...

Sunday's event, known to astronomers as an occultation, is part of a series of such events of the moon engaging with this ...

While modern humans tend to think of science in terms of innovations made during the past 100 to 200 years, mankind has ...

Astronomers have published a gigantic infrared map of the Milky Way containing more than 1.5 billion objects ― the most ...

In a monumental achievement, astronomers using the European Southern Observatory’s VISTA telescope have created the most comprehensive infrared map of the Milky Way, featuring over 1.5 billion cosmic ...

Dave Eggers is the author of “The Circle,” “What Is the What” and, most recently, “The Eyes and the Impossible,” winner of ...

Superior: Learn the basics of astronomy 9-10:30 p.m. at Festival Park Barker's Island with experts from Starry Skies North, DarkSky Wisconsin and the Arrowhead Astronomical Society. Solon Springs: Our ...