The new initiative will help students in rural areas learn more about astronomy. Can it inspire the next generation of ...

The sun was well observed during the period of the Maunder Minimum and this lack of sunspots is well documented. This period of solar inactivity corresponded to a climatic period called the ‘Little ...

Team members make final adjustments to the weather station on the summit of Mount Aconcagua. Weather equipment developed at the Mount Washington Observatory is now installed on top of the highest ...

Astronomer Percival Lowell founded his Arizona stargazing lab in 1894 to aid in his search for life on Mars. While that quest is still ongoing, the observatory made history as the place where ...

CERRO PACHON, Chile - Driving up the mountain road to reach the U.S. National Science Foundation’s newest observatory in Chile, which will begin observations later this year, astronomer Beth Willman ...

Perched high above the observatory floor ... OSCILLATING-universe proponents, such as Astronomer Allan Sandage of Mount Wilson and Palomar Observatories, lean toward the concept of a universe ...

Find out more about how the day went below... Federica was has been crowned the first ever Fun Kids Royal Observatory Greenwich Young Astronomer. The Young Astronomer award celebrates all of your ...

Fun Kids has crowned its first ever Young Astronomer, with 10-year-old Federica Plewa-Baici taking the title. The competition, run in partnership with the Royal Observatory Greenwich, celebrates ...

Early in her career, Margaret Burbidge was denied access to a telescope at Mount Wilson Observatory simply because she was ... but also paved the way for future generations of women in astronomy. A ...

Federica Plewa-Baici, 10, from Horsham has been crowned the first ever Young Astronomer after winning a competition on the national children's radio station Fun Kids with the Royal Observatory ...