Last year, senior Dan Van Noord discovered a subdwarf B binary star, which is akin to winning the astronomy lottery. Out of more than 100 billion stars in our galaxy, it’s estimated that only one ...

In this article, I introduce another option available for the astronomers out there—specifically, Cartes du Ciel, also known as SkyChart. Similar to other larger astronomy programs, you can use ...

Today’s astronomers don’t really look at stars or galaxies so much as images produced from data generated by light. If that same data were used to produce 3-D printouts, tactile displays or sound, ...

Ouranos is an AI-powered astronomy weather app that helps moon watchers find the best nights to observe the sky. Carly Quellman, aka Carly Que, is a multimedia strategist and storyteller at the ...

The Linux desktop offers distributions for many diverse interests and specialties. Distro Astro is for astronomy enthusiasts.The latest version, Distro Astro 2.0, is dubbed “Pallas.” It was released ...

Physicists and astronomers have used advanced astronomical software to accurately date lyric poet Sappho's 'Midnight Poem,' which describes the night sky over Greece more than 2,500 years ago.

Astronomers have combined the new Oculus Rift virtual reality headset with Stellarium planetarium software to produce an exciting and immersive way to explore the sky. The system will soon be ...

There are myriad astronomy apps for exploring the sky on mobile devices. With a few swipes of your finger, these apps can help you identify objects, take you on a tour of the night sky and even plan ...

The CASA Team, Ben Bean, Sanjay Bhatnagar, Sandra Castro, Jennifer Donovan Meyer, Bjorn Emonts, Enrique Garcia, Robert Garwood, Kumar Golap, Justo Gonzalez Villalba ...

For those who love astronomy, both the joy and difficulty of the activity are sitting by your telescope for long hours, continually checking and adjusting it. You may also juggle different software, ...

RSpec’s RSpec (Real-Time Spectroscopy) software lets you analyze starlight. RSpec can read image files from your CCD camera, live camera input, or a prerecorded video file. The program lets you ...