Bellerophon ultimately decided to visit Mount Olympus, the home of the gods, which was strictly off-limits to mortals. As ...

Bloomer: It is best to start with a little naked-eye astronomy: see if you can pick just something out at first, and build ...

Hinsdale-Clarendon Hills Elementary District 181 has brought a taste of outer space into its schools with the recent addition of StarLab.

A nebula takes on the appearance of a rampaging lion in a new deep space vista captured by astrophotographer Ronald Brecher ...

Robo-AO-2 is designed to correct the blur caused by Earth’s atmosphere, sharpening images of hundreds of objects each night ...

Mars and Mercury cozy up, the Leonids sparkle, and Saturn's rings are…disappearing? Mars and Mercury get close for a ...

If you aren’t prepared to put out that amount of money for a Christmas gift, but still wish to support and encourage your ...

The planetarium turns 100 this year. What came before the giant domes, with imagery of galaxies, asteroids and meteors ...

It wasn’t easy, bringing the stars indoors. The first show, held in Germany in 1925, used grainy footage on a small dome, but was dizzying nonetheless. Now, a whole new future looms.

It can be tempting to hibernate indoors as the days grow shorter and the temperatures drop, but the night sky along the ...

Known for its clear skies and brilliant stars, New Zealand is on track to become the world’s first "dark sky nation".

Hello everyone. We’re losing sight of some of our planets this week. Go out at 5:45 any morning this week and if you have a ...