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

Astronomers believe they've discovered some of the universe's earliest stars, located about 13 billion light-years from Earth ...

Scientists at Durham University are helping to develop a new type of camera intended to help search for life on distant ...

On a rooftop in Brandon, where the prairie wind has spent 50 years testing the patience of anything bolted down, sits a ...

The finding, based on data from the Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope in Hawaii, marks the first direct evidence of tiny twisting magnetic motions of energy-packed plasma waves in the sun's outer ...

Earth's atmosphere is an impediment to astronomical observations. Not only is cloudy weather a problem, but temperature ...

In the last two to three years the world of amateur telescopes has been turned on its head. The advances in technology have ...

The Manitoba government is spending $100,000 to help replace the aging dome at Brandon University’s Gulliver Astronomical ...

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

In the quest to uncover the mysteries of the universe’s early days, a new astronomical tool is set to revolutionize our ...

Two million microscopic mirrors help astronomy laser technology shape light in a breakthrough breakthrough that could sharpen astronomers’ view of distant worlds ...

Clouds may spoil a picnic or block our view of the stars, but they could also help scientists discover life on distant ...