Bundle up and blast off to the far reaches of our Solar System for Ice Giant Night at the historic Cincinnati Observatory.

For researchers at the University of Idaho, spotting a moon 6 miles wide orbiting Uranus, a staggering 1.8 billion miles from Earth, may actually be easier than finding a white cat in a snowstorm. A ...

Nearly 2½ centuries ago, in December 1781, musical composer and amateur astronomer William Herschel was scanning his telescope through the skies over ...

A team of astrophysicists at the American research center Southwest Research Institute (SwRI), led by Moroccan scientist Maryame El Moutamid, recently discovered a previously unknown small celestial ...

After weeks of rumors it might get shut down, Hanford’s decades-in-the-making radioactive waste treatment plant is officially moving forward. The “Direct-Feed Low Activity Waste” facility is now less ...

If something in your life feels like it’s on pause, or if an unexpected turn of events has you questioning your sense of ...

It's been one Neptunian year—or about 165 Earth years—since astronomers first observed the most distant planet from the sun.

Uranus is the only planet that rotates sideways with a 98-degree tilt. Learn why Uranus spins this way, how its seasons last ...

Nearly two and a half centuries ago, in December of 1781, musical composer and amateur astronomer William Herschel was scanning his telescope through the skies over England when he came upon a tiny ...