It wasn’t easy, bringing the stars indoors. The first show, held in Germany in 1925, used grainy footage on a small dome, but was dizzying nonetheless. Now, a whole new future looms.

The Macon County Conservation District has expanded its lineup with its new StarLab Portable Planetarium, due in part to a ...

The distant universe might be littered with supermassive stars between 1000 and 10,000 times the mass of the sun, which could ...

"The discovery of this stream highlights how much is still unknown about the life histories of galaxies, how the hidden ...

Celebrities having birthdays during the week of Nov. 23-29 include actor Colin Hanks, TV personality Bill Nye the Science Guy ...

The new name honors former Mayor Russell C. Davis and astronaut Ronald McNair, who died in the 1986 Challenger explosion.

Look to the east after sunset on a clear winter night and you’ll spot a bright, tightly packed collection of stars. That’s ...

Four years ago, my dear friend Judi James, former director of the BASF Planetarium, called and asked if I would serve as ...

Swift observations with the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope (ESO’s VLT) have revealed the explosive death of a star just as the blast was breaking through the star’s surface. For ...

A century ago, a star in Andromeda named V1 launched a revolution in astronomy, revealing its true immensity and the origin ...

Interstellar visitor 3I/ATLAS has returned to the morning sky. Expert maps, spacecraft observations, and tips for UK stargazers explain how to spot and photograph this rare cosmic visitor.

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 ...