New Webinar: How to Photograph the Milky Way, with Babak Tafreshi
Join Sky & Telescope Contributing Photographer Babak Tafreshi for a live webinar to learn the secrets of stunning Milky Way photography.
How Astrophysicists Found a Black Hole Where No One Else Could
A new method could help scientists peer inside universe’s densest star clusters to find undiscovered black holes
Laniakea: Our home supercluster
A team based in Hawaii has come up with a new technique that maps the Universe according to the flow of galaxies across space
Kepler Telescope Releases Trove of Data on Newfound Earth-Size Exoplanets
The planet-hunting observatory stared at the TRAPPIST-1 system for nearly three months
When galaxies collide, black holes eat
When our Milky Way galaxy and neighboring Andromeda galaxy collide, supermassive black holes will have a feast!
Moon and Winter Circle next few evenings
Scientists Spot Seven Earth-Sized Planets Orbiting a Nearby Star
This newly discovered solar system presents the best opportunity yet to study potentially habitable worlds, NASA scientists report
Happy 30th Birthday, Supernova 1987A – Sky & Telescope
The brightest supernova since the invention of the telescope erupted 30 years ago. The remnant of the supernova explosion continues expanding.
This Week's Sky at a Glance, February 17 – 25 – Sky & Telescope
Sky solution to help endangered species
An astrophysicist and an ecologist are combining their expertise using drones, thermal cameras and the techniques used to analyse objects in space in order to help endangered species.