Looking for a sky event this week? Check out our full Sky This Week column. November 17: The Moon hangs with Spica The Leonid ...

For decades, we have looked up at the night sky with a sense of predictable comfort. We understand the mechanics of orbits, ...

A superheated stellar factory in the early cosmos produces stars 180x faster than the Milky Way, reshaping models of galaxy ...

The Friends of the Shiras Planetarium has launched an “adopt-a-star” program to meet its fundraising goal of $1,041,000. As ...

An international team led by researchers from the University of Cologne has solved the mystery of an extraordinary phenomenon known as the "Diamond Ring" in the star-forming region Cygnus X, a huge, ...

The Eastern Veil Nebula is part of a colossal supernova remnant known as the Cygnus Loop. Dutch astrophotographer Cornelis ...

The universe is expanding. That much is clearer. But it’s less clear whether this expansion is accelerating or slowing down. At the heart of this upheaval lies the cosmic yardstick astronomers have ...

The “Seven Sisters” have far more relatives than anyone imagined. Using NASA and ESA space telescopes, astronomers found ...

A $2.5 million grant from the federal Department of Energy EPSCoR program will enable University of Nebraska-Lincoln ...

WNC’s Construction 109 (Methods and Materials II) class completed a custom-built storage shed that the college has donated to ...

The JWST's MIRI detected a flare in Sagittarius A*, revealing for the first time in mid-infrared how an explosion occurs near ...