There are online position finders to locate objects like 12P. This is a link to comet 12P Pons Brook position. Right now it is placed in the North-North-West direction at an altitude of 8° above the ...

How Backyard Astronomy Helped Me Deal With Stress—and Can Help You, Too Gazing up at the night sky can be a major stress reliever. Plus, you might even catch a glimpse of something cool.

The Grand Rapids Public Museum (GRPM) and Grand Rapids Amateur Astronomical Association (GRAAA) have announced that they will be hosting a Statewide Astronomy Night.

April 8 will bring the greatest astronomical show in the universe. But what are the other can’t-miss astronomical events coming in 2024?

At age 12, I signed myself up for online astronomy classes under my mom's name. 14 years later I became the first Mexican-born woman to go to space.

What aspiring astronomer can ever forget the first time he heard Captain James T. Kirk (as voiced by William Shatner) solemnly intone the original "Star Trek" opening monologue? A contemporary ...

The laser shows at Fujitsu Planetarium celebrate the work of pop and rock stars, but the planetarium's main purpose is, of course, to get folks immersed in stars of a more literal type.

Looking for something to do with the whole family? Here are three ideas. The North Museum of Nature & Science, 400 College Ave., will observe International Astronomy Day on Saturday with a star ...