The XXVIIIth General Assembly of the International Astronomical Union (IAU) ends today in Beijing, China. One of the largest astronomy meetings ever held, it saw a pot pourri of frontline astronomy ...

Astronomy magazine currently has two open positions for space enthusiasts with the right combination of skills and experience. If you or someone you know would be a good fit for one of the roles, we ...

Astronomy Day means a chance to view objects like the sun, moon and planets through a telescope. We'll have scopes set up for safe solar viewing at the Alworth Planetarium in Duluth, Minn. from 10 ...

Cosmic reionization denotes the transformative epoch when the first luminous sources emerged, ending the cosmic dark ages by ionising the pervasive neutral hydrogen. This period, which encompasses ...

After 10 years of successfully publishing an award-winning daily audio astronomy show, the 365 Days of Astronomy podcast is poised to enter its second decade of sharing astronomy with the world.

"The Sun is just one among a hundred billion stars in the Milky Way Galaxy, each with its own cosmic tale to tell." — Timothy Ferris, in the film Seeing in the Dark The stars seem to change little if ...

"The gamma-ray burst traveled through intergalactic space at the speed of light for eleven billion years, during which time the Sun and the planets were born." — Timothy Ferris, in the film version of ...

Astronomy education uses research based methods to study how students learn in an attempt to advance teaching of astronomy at all levels. Astronomy education is a young field and CU Boulder is proud ...

In mid-September 1982, I arrived at our little stone building at AstroMedia Corp. in Milwaukee for my first day of work. I had no idea what adventures awaited. I was hired as the junior assistant ...