The Quad Cities club invites you out to its next public observation night on Oct. 3 in Rock Island's Longview Park.

The group hosts several events each month to share the world of astronomy with its members and the public. It even has a ...

Neptune reaches opposition this evening at 10 P.M. EDT, placing the planet at its best for viewing. However, with the nearly ...

A small world 4.5 times Earth's mass is circling its star in the wrong direction. Normally there's a bully nearby to blame.

A space rock struck the Moon in 2024, carving a 728-foot crater. Two new studies show how the impact reshaped the lunar ...

The Chandra X-ray Observatory (Chandra) and the X-ray Multi-Mirror Mission (XMM-Newton) continue to expand the frontiers of knowledge about high-energy processes in the Universe. These groundbreaking ...

A groundbreaking new radio image reveals the Milky Way in more detail than ever before, using low-frequency radio “colors” to map the galaxy’s hidden structures. The image is sharper, deeper, and ...

Data access, or the availability of new and archival data for use by other scientists and the public, is key to scientific advancement. How data is presented, searched, and formatted determines ...

The search for favorable astrophotography conditions has only gotten harder due to changing atmospheric conditions, ash and ...

Binary systems are common, and it is assumed that they mostly form together. Now two have been discovered that have only just found each other.

As the full Moon sets, the Sun is about to rise on the opposite horizon. The Very Large Telescope (VLT) has already closed its eyes after a long night of observations. The extraordinary quality of ...

A Space Telescope Science Institute astronomer will hold three free presentations Oct. 1-3 for students, the general public, and educators.