First image from Vera C. Rubin telescope reveals a previously unnoticed feature of galaxy M61 that may explain its mysterious ...

Hi everyone, it's Patrick, Trending News Writer, here taking the blog baton from Ben. One of the big science stories ...

After briefly escaping from Earth's view during a (very) close approach to the sun on Oct. 30, Comet 3I/ATLAS can finally be ...

Although I've spent decades as a deep-sky observer, I've always been fascinated by the Sun. Solar observing offers clear advantages: It's accessible anywhere, immune to light pollution, and doesn't ...

Look up at the night sky during November to catch Saturn and Neptune shining brightly together high in the southern sky.

The night sky is set to deliver a celestial spectacle as the interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS becomes visible from Earth tonight.

Spot November’s supermoon, Leonids peak, and Uranus at opposition, plus a dark-sky new moon and a Moon-Saturn pairing. Here’s ...

It's a reminder of why preserving pristine night skies remains essential for both astronomy and human wonder.

Turn a telescope to the eastern sky in the hours following midnight on Nov. 5 to see two colossal shadows darken the cloud ...

Nov. 5 — Full moon, the “beaver moon” and the “hunter's moon,” another super moon At this position in the moon’s orbit around ...

The observatory’s proximity to Kirkwood Avenue, a hotspot for IU students, helps attract people outside of the astronomy department. Aida Melgarejo, a Spanish linguistics student, said she came across ...

Nov. 17: The Leonid Meteor Shower should be best from 1 a.m. to dawn. Under dark sky conditions, the Leonids exhibit a maximum of about 10 to 15 meteors per hour. Nov. 5: Full hunter supermoon — ...