ESO’s Visible and Infrared Survey Telescope for Astronomy (VISTA) has delivered amazing imagery of nearby stellar nurseries. The views were created by "piecing together more than one million images," ...

From its origins as a self published novel to its close collaboration with NASA, The Martian is a rare blockbuster grounded in real science. This video explores the film’s most interesting facts, its ...

A "crowdsourced" project in which home computer users were enlisted to help analyze radio signals from space is ending after more than two decades.

NASA’s Space Shuttle Challenger lifted off 40 years ago with an unusual crew. In addition to six astronauts, the mission took ...

NASA’s 1986 Challenger mission was intended to inspire students to consider a future in space. The crew’s family is ...

Helping young people tap into their excitement about the night sky helps them build confidence and opens career pathways they ...

PORTABLE LEARNING The Lyon County Conservation Foundation recently acquired its own Starlab, a portable learning dome. This dome will be used for various programs, beginning next year with astronomy ...

Every other Monday at 9 a.m., Don Hladiuk joins a Zoom call with a group of 30 to 45 students. They are eager to learn about space and astronomy, which Hladiuk is more than willing to talk about.

In the run up to Christmas, carols fill the air. Many have an astronomical twist, singing of the "Christmas Star" from the story of the nativity. Described in the Gospel of Matthew, the star guided ...

Duane Hamacher received funding from the Australian Research Council and the University of Melbourne. He is also President of the International Society for Archaeoastronomy and Astronomy in Culture, ...