This year, National Astronomy Day occurs May 6. The theme of this annual cosmic-fest is “Bringing astronomy to the people.” Astronomy clubs will host public star parties with that goal in mind.

Each week a global thinker from the worlds of philosophy, science, psychology or the arts is given a minute to put forward a radical, inspiring or controversial idea – no matter how improbable – that ...

Susan bought a telescope. Not just any fly-by-night model, mind you, but an expensive, high-tech instrument. On the first cloudless night, she aimed the scope at Jupiter, peered into the eyepiece, ...

The autumn night sky can be clear and beautiful for star watching. So North Cove Outfitters in Old Saybrook will host Astronomy 101 starting Tuesday for three consecutive Tuesdays. Mike O’Brien, from ...

Dr. Wilhelmus (Will) van der Veen of Edison, director of the Science Education Institute at the New Jersey Astronomy Center, has received the 2008 Thomas J. Brennan Award from the Astronomical Society ...

Slooh, a company that allows for space exploration via a network of online telescopes, has launched a homeschool astronomy program. The science lessons will include weekly webinars for students.