Rex Powell, bottom left, and Michael Heschmeyer, 11, center, both of Lawrence, try to get a bearing on Saturn with a telescope June 25 during an Astronomy Associates of Lawrence public viewing at ...

Warm summer nights are a great time to get your kids interested in the universe around them. Astronomy is defined as the science which deals with celestial objects, space and the physical universe as ...

I think it’s probably a given for anyone reading this: You’re a lover of astronomy. For me, it’s a way of de-stressing from a long day or week. When I start thinking on cosmic timescales I’m reminded ...

On Earth’s surface, it’s hard to get kids to stop gazing at their screens. A new magazine, Astronomy for Kids, prompts children to look at the stars instead. The special child-focused magazine, on ...

My interest in astronomy began in third grade, when my parents bought me a set of constellation flash cards. We couldn’t afford a telescope, but I was able to borrow a neighbor’s small refractor from ...

Ever been stumped when your kids ask questions about what they see in the night sky? You wouldn’t be the first parent to point at a star and call it a planet. Even if you can’t tell Vega from Venus, ...

Can you guess how long it would take to cycle to the moon? Do you know how far you can see into the solar system? Find out more with our kids' guide to astronomy by local astronomer Mark ...

Kids and adults can get involved these citizen science experiments from NASA researchers. Each one comes with educational materials that can help you learn about everything from alien planets to ...

Seven-year-old Damon, his grandmother and their one-eyed rescue dog, Rifle, were at the Salem Dream Center parking lot Saturday night, primed for making friends and astrological viewing. Wearing a ...

An upswing of interest in space and rocketry, spurred in part by private space flights making the news in recent months, means the Winnipeg chapter of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada (RASC) ...