One of my great joys as an astronomer is sharing the night sky with people. There is something wondrous about helping people ...

Sixteenth century Danish astronomer Tycho Brahe laid the framework for modern cosmology without ever using a telescope.

As we gaze into the universe, we've discovered most galaxies have a supermassive black hole lurking near the center.

The chances of intelligent life emerging in our universe—and in any hypothetical ones beyond it—can be estimated by a new ...

A map of the night sky created by the ancient Greek astronomer Hipparchus was recently discovered at St. Catherine Monastery ...

These are big, literally cosmic questions, and astronomers continue to struggle to nail down the answers. Different ...

Inside, you’ll find a number of murals and the world’s longest sundial, laid in 1656 by the famous Italian astronomer ...

In 1781, German-born British astronomer William Herschel made Uranus the first planet discovered with the aid of a telescope.

Growing up in Long Beach, California, his parents adhered to a creationist view of the universe. But young Koerner caught ...

Let’s check in with Jerruh after the Eagles’ 34-6 win in Dallas on Sunday: A frustrated Jerry Jones had some comments about ...

For the past couple of weeks, Earth's orbit has been home to a "mini-moon" the size of a city bus. The celestial object is ...

The cryovolcanic "centaur" comet 29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann has erupted four times in less than 48 hours, becoming unusually ...