New observations suggest that the universe’s oldest galaxies are brighter than expected. Here's why this may be a big deal.

The Arecibo Message as it appears when its 1,679 bits are properly aligned on a grid (left), an annotated illustration ...

An international team led by researchers in Japan and Europe has discovered a new multi-planet system around a sun-like star, ...

Researchers using the James Webb Space Telescope have discovered three massive galaxies from the early universe, revealing ...

The Full Super Moon occults the Pleiades, the ice giant Uranus reaches opposition, and the Leonid meteor shower peaks in the ...

In November 2024, a supermoon will illuminate the sky, coinciding with various global festivals such as Kartik Purnima, Loy ...

A recently shared image of a distant galaxy surrounded by three concentric rings challenges our understanding of galactic ...

Fred Schaaf promises plenty of opportunities for spectacular views of the moon, planets and stars these next two weeks.

Discovered by the Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System (ATLAS) in Hawaii, a network of four telescopes ... Whether it’s exploring advancements in medicine, astronomy, technology, or ...

The Popular Astronomy Club meets the second Monday of the month at 7 p.m. at the Butterworth Center in Moline. All are ...

This month Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS is leaving the inner solar system but should be visible through binoculars or telescopes for a few more weeks. Venus keeps getting higher every night as the evening ...

Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS didn’t quite live up to the expectations of being the “comet of the century” and during November its ...