Einstein's theory posits that mass distorts space. This distortion can bend light from distant objects. Astronomers use this ...

With summer beginning to wane and the fall semester approaching, the University of Wyoming Harry C. Vaughan Planetarium is moving into high gear with 26 different events during August.

Many astronomers are growing increasingly concerned that these outdoor lighting from roads, buildings and elsewhere could blind us to the rest of the universe.

Stars are more colorful than you think! Patience will reveal them; head outside tonight to see summer’s multi-hued stars.

Castel Gandolfo is also home to one of the Holy See’s more unexpected institutions: the Vatican Observatory, which since its ...

A century-old hypothesis that Betelgeuse, the 10th brightest star in our night sky, is orbited by a very close companion star ...

The Hubble Space Telescope captured imagery of supernova 2018 GV from 2018-2019. It was seen in barred spiral galaxy NGC 2525 ...

Betelgeuse companion discovery with Gemini North resolves century-old mystery and opens new doors in red supergiant research ...

NASA's Hubble Space Telescope and NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory have teamed up to identify a new possible example of a ...

Astronomers directly imaged a faint companion star orbiting Betelgeuse, solving a decades-old mystery about its strange ...