Africa’s largest optical telescope and one of the most powerful in the world, celebrated its 20th anniversary of astronomical excellence and breakthroughs. This flagship facility for South African and ...

Mandel looks back fondly on his time at the University.

Data from the NSF-funded Zwicky Transient Facility pinpointed the energy source: J2245+3743, an active galactic nucleus 500 ...

The enormous Maverick Carter house has an observatory and a refractor telescope. It's open to the public for tours.

Space dust provides more than just awe-inspiring pictures like the Pillars of Creation. It can provide the necessary ...

The Southern African Large Telescope (SALT) celebrates 20 years of observing the sky. SALT is the largest optical telescope ...

The flare is ongoing, meaning that the black hole is still actively consuming the star, like "a fish only halfway down the ...

On October 30 and November 1, Daichi Fujii, an astronomy curator at the Hiratsuka City Museum in Japan, used his telescope to capture pinprick-sized flashes on the shaded side of the moon. Were the ...

I/ATLAS recently passed its closest point to the sun. Because of its unusual behavior, some scientists are wondering if it's ...

A black hole can feel like the most distant and unreal object you could ever think about, yet the way its darkness bends ...

MacArthur Fellow Kareem El-Badry is redefining how we understand the cosmos, uncovering black holes, decoding the ...

The four presenters will have 10 minutes apiece to compete by using the planetarium visuals, explaining a part of the universe to the audience.