Armillary rings emerged in the 16th and 17th centuries during the birth of the scientific revolution and rise of astronomy ...

Saturn is reclaiming its throne in the night sky and on September 21 will make its closest approach to Earth for the year. For centuries, Saturn has been known as the “ringed planet,” its dazzling ...

Over the course of human history, perhaps no single object in the night sky has drawn more attention than the Andromeda ...

Kaun Banega Crorepati 17, hosted by Amitabh Bachchan, has seen many smart and confident contestants take the hot seat. One of them was Shaurya Sarda, a young achiever who appeared in the latest ...

More times than she can remember, Jean Mueller stood on the catwalk of the 200-inch Hale Telescope at the Palomar Observatory scanning the night sky, trying to time the exact moment to close the dome.

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Jean Mueller became Palomar Observatory’s first female telescope operator in 1985, breaking decades-old gender ...

NASA has announced that for the first time, it will contract out a private spacecraft to reboost one of its falling satellites: the Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory. The observatory has spent the past ...

It is common practice for seafaring ships to be tugged into and out of port by specialized boats, as their captains need to navigate narrow and treacherous passageways without damaging their vessels.

One of the first black holes ever imaged is even stranger than we thought, new images of its dramatically changing environment reveal. The object, known as M87*, has experienced unexpected changes in ...

A massive asteroid nearly the size of a New York skyscraper will make a close approach, or pass, by Earth in the early hours of Sept. 18, according to scientists. They say the asteroid, officially ...

URBANA, Ill. (WCIA) — The Grainger College of Engineering at the University of Illinois is celebrating a big accomplishment. The Carruthers Geocorona Observatory was launched into space Wednesday ...