Siddharth Patel, a 12-year-old who lives in London, Ontario (west of Toronto), spotted two possible asteroids in September as ...

The universe has quasi-moons, mini-moons, and moonlets, but no official definition of what counts as a moon.

A Chilean astronomer has become dedicated to battling light pollution in the Atacama Desert and preserve what is considered the best place on Earth to study space. By John Bartlett and Cristóbal ...

WASHINGTON — Time moves a tad faster on the moon. Now an international group of astronomers has joined calls to give the moon its own clock so that future space missions can keep track of minutes on ...

The International Astronomical Union has named a lunar crater–the “Henson Crater”– after Dr. Matthew Alexander Henson, an extraordinary explorer who journeyed to Earth’s North Pole. He led several ...

The International Astronomical Union Office for Astronomy Outreach (IAU OAO) and the International Planetarium Society (IPS) will jointly host "100 Hours of Astronomy," a global event from October 2-5 ...

The International Astronomical Union (IAU) held its third NameExoWorlds contest, resulting in the adoption of proper names for 20 exoplanetary systems. The contest involved over 8,800 participants ...

Two UC Santa Cruz graduate students, Caroline Morley and Morgan MacLeod, are winners of the IAU Ph.D. Prize awarded by the International Astronomical Union (IAU). This is the first year the IAU has ...

Tom has a Master's degree in Journalism. His editorial work covers anything from archaeology and the environment to technology and culture. Tom has a Master's degree in Journalism. His editorial work ...

The comet, called 3I/ATLAS, is the third known interstellar object that has come through our solar system. As it flies deeper into the solar system before leaving our cosmic neighborhood some time ...

the world’s foremost organisation for astronomy, uniting almost 9000 professional scientists on all continents. The IAU General Assembly also elected Prof. Ron Ekers (Australia) as President (2003 – ...

Alfredo has a PhD in Astrophysics and a Master's in Quantum Fields and Fundamental Forces from Imperial College London.View full profile Alfredo has a PhD in Astrophysics and a Master's in Quantum ...