As the clocks go forward this weekend, the FT’s senior graphics artist walks a fine (meridian) line through the birthplace of GMT in its 350th-anniversary year ...

The observatory at the institute building is located in the dome of the Viktor-Franz-Hess-Building, which was already built in February 1986. In 1992 we started the planning work and the telescope ...

Nestled in the rolling green hills of the English countryside is an important site in global astronomical history. But now, ...

Over the past few years or so the most talked about kind of telescope was the one that is meant to operate in space. An ...

American astronomy thrives today largely because of the underpinnings achieved by John Quincy Adams in his far-reaching ...

The International Dark Sky Discovery Center (IDSDC) in Fountain Hills recently marked a significant milestone with the ...

The public has a standing date each week during the school year to see the celestial sights during the Public Observation ...

NASA’s two-for-one launch of its newest space telescope, SPHEREx — designed to seek out the key ingredients for life in the Milky Way — alongside a sun-focused mission called PUNCH is facing ...

In this week's From the Dome to Home, Rep. Waymaster looks at bills that were debated and voted on over the week. He also gives an update on the committees he is serving on. Click on the link below to ...

With its clear, dark skies, northern Chile is home to two fifths of the world's astronomical infrastructure, but could that be under threat with increasing urbanisation and mining development?

Israel's Iron Dome anti-missile system intercepts rockets after Iran fired a salvo of ballistic missiles, as seen from Ashkelon, Israel, October 1, 2024. (REUTERS) The world is witnessing a major ...

"Given how rare such evidence is due to [Earth's] geological recycling processes, this is a major breakthrough in understanding early Earth." Geologists have discovered the world's oldest known ...