The revolutionary James Webb Space Telescope and next-gen radio telescopes are probing what’s known as the epoch of ...

Every galaxy has a supermassive black hole at its center, much like every egg has a yolk. But sometimes, hens lay eggs with ...

"The Spiderweb protocluster is an ideal laboratory for investigating the relationship between black holes and star formation ...

Formerly the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope, the observatory was renamed in 2020 to honor Vera Rubin, who died at 88 in 2016 ...

Some stargazers are calling it a planetary parade: Every other planet in our solar system can be seen in the sky tonight.

The Popular Astronomy Club was among the local community groups and businesses honored as a “Premier Partner” by the Moline-Coal Valley School District. PAC was presented with a Certificate of ...

The word 'Ophiuchus' might mean nothing to most people, but to astrology aficionados it  could have been the 13th zodiac sign ...

Astronomers have discovered an important piece of the puzzle of how supermassive black holes were able to grow so quickly in the early universe: a special kind of active galactic nucleus so ...

NASA has a long history of translating astronomy data into beautiful images that are beloved by the public. Through its Chandra X-ray Observatory and Universe of Learning programs, NASA brings that ...

Bob McDonald, science popularizer, fellow astronomy enthusiast, and Order of Canada recipient, points out to me: “The increase in wildfires and droughts around the world are a sign that climate ...

Quantum calorimeters are opening this new window on the Universe. First promised four decades ago, the quantum-calorimeter era of X-ray astronomy has finally dawned. A quantum calorimeter is a device ...