Astronomy Update is provided by the Chippewa Valley Astronomical Society and is compiled by Dr. Lauren Likkel.

On May 20, 1990, the Hubble Space Telescope sent its first image to Earth. This photo turned out to be 50% sharper than ...

The Perseids originate from the comet 109P/Swift-Tuttle, a comet about 16 miles across, roughly twice the diameter of the rock that killed the dinosaurs. It orbits the Sun once every 133 years and ...

The best views of the September 2025 total lunar eclipse will be in Asia and western Australia. According to Time and Date, a ...

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