If we could go back 101 years, we would encounter a time when scientists still thought the Milky Way was the entirety of our ...

The long-closed, 1920s-era observatory in Lake Angelus is important to astronomy buffs. But its private ownership has ...

Please join the Lowell Center for Space Science and Technology on Thursday, January 30 at 11 a.m. for a virtual talk by Cecilia Garraffo, Ph.D. Abstract: The next wave of astronomical data is set to ...

Leavitt worked at Harvard College Observatory as a "computer" who would analyze photographic plates taken by Harvard's telescopes. In particular, Leavitt would scrutinize images of the Small and ...

Set in the early 20th century, the play explores Leavitt’s pioneering work at the Harvard College Observatory and her struggles as a woman in a male-dominated field. The story highlights themes ...

The powerful, Tucson-born infrared eyes of the James Webb Space Telescope have notched another record for long-range viewing: ...

Astronomers used NASA's James Webb Space Telescope to reveal 44 stars in a galaxy so far away, its light dates to when the universe was half its age.

In 1925, grad student Cecilia Payne first proposed that stars were mostly made of hydrogen and helium and shaped our ...

This observatory was founded in 1894 by the Harvard-graduated mathematician Percival ... though there are discounted admission prices for kids, seniors, college students, AAA members, locals ...