Astronomers have long voiced concerns about Starlink's satellite constellation interfering with observations of the universe, ...

In an ambitious leap forward for radio astronomy, the Lunar Surface Electromagnetics Experiment (LuSEE-Night) is preparing to ...

In this episode, Astronomy magazine Editor Dave Eicher invites you to head out on the evening of July 28 and observe a close grouping of the thin crescent Moon and Mars. Be sure to look for these ...

On Wednesday (July 23), Diana Morant, the Minister of Science, Innovation and Universities in Spain, announced the Spanish ...

And by late March, observational astronomy had almost completely shutdown. The closures reveal a little-realized truth about modern astronomy. Even in 2020, most observatories are not fully automated.

It also has scientific value as a platform for observational astronomy. The potential role for astronomy of Earth’s natural satellite was discussed at a Royal Society meeting earlier this year.

Every night, as telescopes around the world open their domes to study the cosmos, astronomers are forced to contend with an ...

Astronomers may have caught a still-forming planet in action, carving out an intricate pattern in the gas and dust that ...

The observational astronomy course at West Point consists of two parts. The lecture portion is taught by a lab technician and Paula Fekete, an associate professor at the Academy's Department of ...

The course provides project-based practical experience in observational astronomy. Guided by faculty, students will make their own astronomical investigations using telescoped, cameras, and ...

A new study led by researchers from the Yunnan Observatories of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has developed a neural ...

Tom O'Grady, instructor of Observational Astronomy at Ohio University, said details are scarce, but there is a long told tale relating that eclipse to the famed Native American Chief Tecumseh. Then ...