Jupiter is now well up in the east in the early evening, so we're now able to see the two brightest planets (Venus and ...

The Full Super Moon occults the Pleiades, the ice giant Uranus reaches opposition, and the Leonid meteor shower peaks in the ...

In November 2024, a supermoon will illuminate the sky, coinciding with various global festivals such as Kartik Purnima, Loy Krathong, and others, enhancing their celebrations. This period also offers ...

An enormously detailed map of the Milky Way galaxy has just been published by ... To the naked eye, the Milky Way (the Vía Láctea) is a path of pale white light seen to span the night sky—at least if ...

A good place to start if you're a budding astronomer is to learn your way around the night sky. When I was young, this ...

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

How would you like to see the farthest thing visible to the naked eye? It’s possible, but you’ll need to bundle up and sit ...

KU astronomy hosted a a stargazing and planetarium event on Nov. 7 at Slawson Hall for students, staff and faculty to spend a ...

When a celestial body, such as a moon, planet or an asteroid passes in front of another celestial body, blocking its view, we call that an occultation. The word is derived from the Latin occultäre, to ...

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The growing trend of astrotourism continues to draw new travellers to the wonders of the night sky in places where light ...