Eclipses, Occultations and Transits

The moon, Jupiter and its moons, Venus, Mercury and numerous other star clusters, nebulas and galaxies will be visible. The society will celebrate its 50th ...  

Explanation: Contrary to the famous myth, you can't see the Great Wall of China from the Moon ... even during a total solar eclipse.  

The 'Imiloa Astronomy Center of Hawai'i in Hilo has recently been awarded a $670,000 grant from the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation.  

Next week, physicists at the European particle physics lab, CERN, will fire up the world's biggest atom smasher. Expectations are sky-high, but discoveries may still be years away. Author: Adrian Cho  

ASTRONOMERS and stargazers from all over the country will descend on Herstmonceux Observatory this weekend for the Herstmonceux Astronomy Festival. (02/09/2008 09:14:13)  

Staff writer Mike Heika sat down with Stars co-general managers Brett Hull and Les Jackson recently to discuss reshaping the team and how they work together as the only co-GMs in big-league North American team sports.  

Major Bollywood stars will hold a charity concert to raise money for India's flood victims, where more than three million people have been left homeless from the deluge.  

Black holes are thought to exist throughout the universe, with the largest and most massive found at the centers of the largest galaxies. These supermassive black holes have been shown to have masses upwards of one billion times that of our own Sun. But an astronomer studying black holes says...  

After 20 years of construction, a machine that could either verify or nullify the prevailing theory of particle physics is about to begin its mission. CERN's epic Large Hadron Collider (LHC) project currently involves 25 University of Michigan physicists and students. More than 100 U-M...  

Who says science doesn't turn people on? Kate McAlpine is a rising star on YouTube for her rap performance — about high-energy particle physics. Her performance has drawn a half-million views so far on YouTube.  

Hobby Town USA will host an astronomy event on Saturday. (Benton County Daily Record)  

VALPARAISO | Several fall semester open houses at the Valparaiso University Observatory will offer the public opportunities to learn about and get a closer look at planets, star clusters, nebulae and other celestial objects through VU’s computer-controlled telescope.  

PUKALANI - The University of Hawaii Institute for Astronomy will hold a first anniversary open house at Maikalani, the IfA's Maui Advanced Technology Research Center, from 6 to 8 p.m. on Sept. 12.  

Accra, Sept 4, GNA - Gold Fields Ghana Limited, headline sponsors of Ghana's Black Stars has doled out 150,000 dollars for the team's Group Five joint World Cup and African Nations Cup qualifiers against Libya on Friday, September 5.  

Accra, Sept 4, GNA - Gold Fields Ghana Limited, the headline sponsor of Ghana's Black Stars has presented 150,000 dollars for the team's upcoming World Cup qualifier against Libya.