Researchers in South Korea are developing a constellation of satellites that could reveal what goes on in the vicinity of supermassive black holes like never before.

But for thousands of years, people from all over the globe have tried to make sense of this chaos by organizing the seemingly countless points of light into groups — or constellations — that ...

Astronomy contributor Rod Pommier gave this ... Credit: Daniel Beaulieu Next up is the second (and last) Messier object in the constellation, open cluster M103 (NGC 581). To find it, look 1 ...

It's one of 88 constellations in the National Science ... NOIRLab is the U.S. national center for ground-based, nighttime optical astronomy.

Read how astrophysicist Ethan Siegel thinks SpaceX can fix the damage Starlink satellites are causing to astronomy, published in Forbes. Boley, A., Byers, M. Satellite mega-constellations create ...

The rapid increase in satellite constellations, particularly in low Earth orbit (LEO), has raised significant concerns regarding their impact on astronomy and the natural night sky. As more ...

When we look up at the night sky, we see familiar stars and constellations that have been visible for thousands of years. Yet stars do not last forever. They live and die, though on exceptionally ...

You can also find great astronomy related activities in the PBS Teachers website. Sky Heroes [GRADE 3 AND UP] Decide whom you would honor with a place in the sky if we updated the constellations.

The American Astronomical Society is calling on all nations to ban advertising in space that can be seen from the ground. Their concern is that "obtrusive ...

Its features include: Families can enjoy astronomy at various levels of involvement—starting with getting to know the constellations and going all the way to participating in telescope observing ...