The American Astronomical Society (AAS) has awarded its 2006 Education Prize to Dr. Sidney Wolff,an astronomer and former director of the National Optical Astronomy Observatory in Tucson, Arizona.

UA astronomer Don McCarthy has spent nearly all his career at the UA, and is now being rewarded for it. McCarthy has been at the UA since the 1970s, when he was a graduate student pursuing his ...

April 24, 2025, Mountain View, CA – The SETI Institute and the Maldives Space Research Organisation (MSRO) will collaborate on astronomy research, space science education and public outreach. This ...

SUNRIVER, Ore. (KTVZ) -- A new non-profit has been formed, all about astronomy and rocketry, with a goal of supporting science education around the Northwest. "I'm excited, about it because I came to ...

On a night with clear skies and stars shining their brightest, a grandpa shows his grandson the little dipper. That grandson knew, from that moment forward, he would be looking at the stars forever.

The Astronomical Society of the Pacific (ASP) announced today it has named the seven winners of its 2006 awards for excellence in astronomy research and education. The ASP’s most prestigious award, ...

KEARNEY — A comet streaking across the night sky. The northern lights illuminating a Nebraska landscape. A supermoon rising over the horizon. They’re examples of our fascination with astronomy. At the ...

The Republic Children and Youth Development Center has hosted an awarding ceremony for the winners of the 5th Azerbaijan ...

However, observations into the cosmic frontier involve extremely faint targets and astronomers are always hungry for more light. In order to keep peering farther into unknown reaches of the universe, ...