A new catalog providing information on millions of distant galaxies, which determines their distances with unprecedented precision over a field of view and depth never before explored, has been ...

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An algorithm that detects streaks of light in telescope images could help to counter a growing threat to astronomy.

The Astronomy Department hosts public viewings ... StarDate magazine, the StarDate Online website, and special programs for teachers and school children. This free, monthly public outreach lecture ...

The astronomy or physics teacher in your life will ... Keep the stars close even when it’s too cold to go gazing. You can also free to toss this blanket in the washing machine without issue.

Astronomy Photographer of the Year, the annual photo competition showcasing all things space, is back. Ed Bloomer, senior astronomy manager at Royal Museums Greenwich, London, takes us on a tour ...

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

The overall winner of Royal Observatory Greenwich’s Astronomy Photographer of the Year 16 is Ryan Imperio for his photograph, Distorted Shadows of the Moon’s Surface Created by an Annular ...

Local astronomer William “Bill” Spizzirri, a volunteer with the Fort Bend Astronomy Club’s Astronomy on Wheels program, will explain the difference between meteors and meteorites, where they come from ...

SmallTalX, in collaboration with the Gordon’s Bay Yacht Club, will host a public talk on radio astronomy on Tuesday 10 September. The talk will feature Sarah Buchner, the science operations lead at ...

Using the Gran Telescopio Canarias (GTC), astronomers from Italy and Spain have carried out high-temporal-resolution optical spectroscopic observations of a transitional millisecond pulsar ...