First up, just pointing a rocket at the Sun and blasting as hard as you can would result in a wild miss. The main problem you ...

Robo-AO-2 is designed to correct the blur caused by Earth’s atmosphere, sharpening images of hundreds of objects each night ...

A new study casts doubt on the universe’s accelerating expansion, suggesting dark energy might be weakening over time.

Observing the wonders of the night sky begins with selecting the right telescope. Join us on Nov. 20, 2025, at 9:00 am EST ...

Bloomer: It is best to start with a little naked-eye astronomy: see if you can pick just something out at first, and build ...

Over the course of billions of years, the universe has steadily been evolving. Thanks to the expansion of the universe, we ...

Growing up in a small town in Pennsylvania, astronomy and physics Prof. Michael Smutko could see the Milky Way alongside ...

The Maunakea Stewardship Oversight Authority (MKSOA), established in 2022, is transitioning management of Mauna Kea from the University of Hawaii, commencing a five-year process concluding in 2028.

The powerful coronal mass ejection would have likely destroyed the atmospheres of any potentially habitable planets nearby ...

Human perception of time is an illusion constructed by the brain, based on memory and anticipation, limited to an experience of the "now" lasting approximately one second. This subjective experience ...

The observatory’s proximity to Kirkwood Avenue, a hotspot for IU students, helps attract people outside of the astronomy ...