An amateur astronomer in Vermont has captured detailed images of theCroc’s Eye galaxy and the Whirlpool galaxy. The ...

His passion for astronomy began in the 1960s, inspired by the Apollo program and early morning comet viewings with his father Stockdale received the 2026 Berenice and Arthur Page Medal for his ...

CANNON TOWNSHIP, Mich. (WOOD) — The clock is counting down to the total solar eclipse and space enthusiasts are making final preparations to be ready to see the rare celestial event. Many are ...

In a remarkable feat of amateur astrophotography, Michele Hernandez Bayliss, a Vermont-based astronomer, has managed to capture breathtaking photos of two of the most famous galaxies in our universe: ...

CANNON TOWNSHIP, Mich. — The red tendrils of a nebula arcing out into the deep black of outer space, Mike Cortright can see from his backyard observatory, beginning with the push of a button. Backyard ...

Claude Plymate calls his backyard home observatory the clubhouse that he never had as a child. The solar astronomer and his wife, Teresa Bippert-Plymate, ordered the white 10-by-10-foot domed ...

ENNIS, Texas — As you're reading this, people from around the nation and the world are gearing up to trek to Texas to see our total eclipse on April 8. Off of Old City Lake in Ennis, where totality is ...

The Vera C. Rubin Observatory has begun the 10-year-long Legacy Survey of Space and Time to investigate mysteries like the nature of dark energy. When you purchase through links on our site, we may ...

One man discovered over 100 exoplanets, all from the comfort of his backyard. Chris Stockdale, who lives in Victoria, Australia, has a backyard observatory, which includes a "telescope mounted on a ...