The John J. McCarthy Observatory - run by volunteers on the grounds of New Milford High School - has been watching the night sky for 25 years.

The James Webb Space Telescope’s Near-Infrared Camera captured an "array of stars that make up the dwarf galaxy Wolf–Lundmark ...

Light is the fastest phenomenon in the universe, clocking in at just under 300,000 kilometers per second. The telescopes that observe that light, from radio waves to gamma rays, are built at rather ...

Sometimes astronomers don't need giant telescopes to observe the wonders of the cosmos; they just need to look up at the ...

A plan to build a light-polluting green hydrogen plant near one of the world's most important astronomical observatories has ...

Hoping to see deeper into the universe, scientists and engineers are designing some of the largest and weirdest telescopes ...

Astronomers have discovered the first radio signals from a unique category of dying stars, called Type Ibn supernovae, and ...

One would think that a US$99,000 telescope requires specialist training and a thick instruction manual. But the new Hyperia ...

An infrared image shows a brown dwarf discovered by astronomers using the W.M. Keck Observatory and Subaru Telescope on Maunakea on Feb. 23, 2024. Data from both the observatory and telescope ...

The observatory is on the grounds of the Julian Curtiss School and is open the first and third Wednesdays.

We often like to tout Southern Arizona gems that lead the nation or are even unique in the world. This is one of those spaces ...

School District U-46’s Planetarium and Observatory has been named a member of the Alliance of Historic Observatories.