Most people have never seen the Little Dipper, because most of its stars are too dim to be seen through light-polluted skies.

The star Polaris marks the North Celestial Pole in our sky, around which all other objects in the heavens appear to rotate.

Astronomers have found a new way of accurately mapping the outer gas disk of the Milky Way using the positions of young stars ...

New measurements of the universe’s expansion using James Webb Space Telescope appear to resolve the Hubble constant conflict ...

Highlighting 10 major astronomical milestones of the past century in celebration of the Royal Greenwich Observatory’s 350th anniversary Founded in 1675 by King Charles II, the Royal Observatory ...

Otumfuo Osei Tutu II's son, Oheneba Kwame Kyeretwie, graduated from DPS International on Saturday, June 21, 2025 Seeking a career in astronomy, Kwame Kyeretwie is set to pursue further studies at ...

The monster black hole at the center of our galaxy is spinning at near "top speed," according to a new artificial intelligence (AI) model. The model, trained partially on complex telescope data ...

Nature Astronomy is a new online-only journal, publishing monthly from January 2017. Nature Astronomy is a truly multidisciplinary journal for the field, representing — and fostering closer ...

The starship on West 81st Street and Central Park West is losing its captain. For nearly three decades, Carter Emmart, 64, has been director of astro-visualization at the American Museum of ...

The Astronomy Olympiad Orientation Cum Selection Camp (OCSC) is being held at IISER Mohali. The camp aims to provide training to bright students selected through national-level exams and also test ...

At the ‘Astronomy Olympiad’ — Orientation-cum-Selection Camp (OCSC) held at the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER), Mohali, five students were selected on Wednesday ...