When many meteors appear to streak from the same point in the night sky, that is known as the radiant. This year, the ...

It’s an excellent rehearsal for if we need to use interplanetary missions to calculate the path of a more threatening object.

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The Beijing-controlled megacity is courting international researchers with astronomical salaries and cutting-edge equipment.

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The preview at the new Stamford Museum & Nature Center included a 5-minute show in the planetarium. This image of ...

Nearly 2½ centuries ago, in December 1781, musical composer and amateur astronomer William Herschel was scanning his telescope through the skies over ...

On November 16, 1974, humans sent their first message to the stars in an attempt to contact extraterrestrials. They did this ...

Columnist John Breunig fills a time capsule with moments from the opening of the Stamford Museum & Nature Center's new ...

There's no better time than now to embrace the majesty of the night sky to begin a lifelong journey with amateur astronomy ...