The John J. McCarthy Observatory - run by volunteers on the grounds of New Milford High School - has been watching the night sky for 25 years.

We often like to tout Southern Arizona gems that lead the nation or are even unique in the world. This is one of those spaces ...

Astronomers have discovered the first radio signals from a unique category of dying stars, called Type Ibn supernovae, and ...

Sometimes astronomers don't need giant telescopes to observe the wonders of the cosmos; they just need to look up at the ...

One would think that a US$99,000 telescope requires specialist training and a thick instruction manual. But the new Hyperia ...

An infrared image shows a brown dwarf discovered by astronomers using the W.M. Keck Observatory and Subaru Telescope on Maunakea on Feb. 23, 2024. Data from both the observatory and telescope ...

I have been writing about the Giant Magellan Telescope for a long time. Nearly two decades ago, for example, I wrote that time was “running out” in the race to build the next great optical telescope ...

Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to [email protected]. Why do people use telescopes to look into space ...

We now have direct images of two supermassive black holes: M87* and Sag A*. The fact that we can capture such images is ...

School District U-46’s Planetarium and Observatory has been named a member of the Alliance of Historic Observatories.

The observatory is on the grounds of the Julian Curtiss School and is open the first and third Wednesdays.

Mercury spill closes Sunspot Solar Observatory and nearby forest trails indefinitely, though officials say there is no public ...