Space weather is notoriously hard to predict, but one forecast map shows parts of Indiana might see the northern lights low on the horizon Dec. 8.

In reality, a green rim is there at every sunset. It's just usually so thin, and so brief (a second or two), that our eyes ...

The growing interest in astronomy in southeastern Manitoba has made its way to Steinbach, where a local Grade 10 student has ...

Two millenniums before blastoff, astronomy belonged as much to the realms of art, philosophy and religion as it did to what ...

Jim Foerch doesn’t go by his full name when he’s working at the Grand Rapids Public Museum. His name tag says “Mr. Jim,” which is what everyone calls him as they take in ...

A sharp rise in students entering the University of California system without middle school-level math skills is raising alarms among educators. A new internal report from the University of California ...

Ball State University's planetarium will host its annual Astronomy SLAM competition on Nov. 8. Four students will compete by giving presentations on topics like exoplanets and dark matter. The Charles ...

Harvard students pushed back forcefully against a new University report condemning grade inflation, arguing that it misrepresented their academic experience and would add pressure to an already ...

The following events can be viewed using a small telescope: Draconid meteor shower set to light up the night sky on Oct. 8 Astronomy enthusiasts in Staten Island and the New York metropolitan area are ...

Ejnar Hertzsprung (b. 1873) initially trained as a chemical engineer before commencing his significant astronomical work in 1901. He independently identified the distinct dwarf and giant stellar ...

As telescopes peer into the universe, they sometimes see quirks of nature that magnify faraway objects. These eight galaxies recently imaged by the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) appear stretched, ...