Nevada's empty expanses are about to get very busy listening to the universe. Caltech has approved the final design for the ...

The North American Regional Office of Astronomy for Development (NA-ROAD) is pleased to announce the selection of 10 astronomy for development projects as part of the 2024 cohort. These projects will ...

NASA’s Stratospheric Observatory For Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) Science Center at NASA Ames Research Center in Mountain View, California, has selected the YAAYS (Yerkes Astrophysics Academy for Young ...

The European Union (EU) has granted 1.9 million euros to support the 6-country educational program EUNAWE, based on Universe Awareness (UNAWE). UNAWE is an IAU-endorsed program that uses the beauty ...

Earth’s newest observatory will open to the public on June 20, 2024, coinciding with the summer solstice, thanks in large part to a UC Santa Cruz student from Kosovo who discovered her love of ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio – Researchers at The Ohio State University are helping lead the development of an instrument that will transform how astronomers hunt for exoplanets. Designed to detect the presence of ...

A proposed massive hydrogen-fuel production project in Chile has astronomers galvanized in concern and opposition. One astronomer calls the possible Chilean facility a “nightmare” for the Paranal ...

The project in the Atacama Desert could increase light pollution by up to 50%, making it much harder to observe the cosmos near the Paranal Observatory. Reading time 3 minutes A new report by the ...