SUNSET: 
Direct-Image Discovery of a Young Jupiter
The Gemini Planet Imager has discovered its first exoplanet, a young Jupiter still glowing with the heat of its formation.
At the IAU: New Dwarf Galaxy Neighbors & Dark-Sky Sanctuaries
As the IAU General Assembly in Hawaii'i draws to a close, the results were still coming in: a new bevy of dwarf galaxies discovered around the Milky Way, the celebration of the first Dark-Sky Sanctuary, and a new directly imaged exoplanet to boot.
Teeny Supermassive Black Hole
Astronomers have identified the smallest supermassive black hole ever detected in a galaxy’s center.
Our Late Night Under the Perseids
Meteors bright and faint rewarded patient watchers of the 2015 Perseid meteor shower. And the show continues tonight.
Moonless Nights Make for Fine 2015 Perseids
This year there's no Moon, and the Perseid meteor shower should peak at just the right time for North America. Every three years, more or less, the Moon is new around the peak night of the Perseid meteor shower — and it's that time again. New Moon falls on August…
Former S&T Editor Wins Award
The North East Region of the Astronomical League (NERAL) announces the presentation of the prestigious 2015 NERAL Walter Scott Houston award to former Sky & Telescope editor Dennis di Cicco.
Sunspots and Climate Change, Naming Exoplanets, and More from the IAU
Do sunspots affect climate change? How can you name an exoplanet? Here are the latest results from the world's largest astronomy conference.
"The Universe Is Dying" — So What?
Recent headlines proclaim that the universe is dying, but we’ve actually known that for decades. Here’s what’s really interesting about recent research on the nearby universe.
Plan for the Perseids!
Conditions are ideal for watching this year's Perseid meteor shower. Plan ahead!
Aloha to the World’s Astronomers
Hawai‘i is currently hosting the biggest astronomy conference worldwide, the general assembly of the International Astronomical Union, to address current issues in astronomy.
Brown Dwarfs Form Like Stars
Recent radio observations support the idea that brown dwarfs form like full-fledged stars do.
Gigantic Protogalaxy in the Cosmic Web
Astronomers have found that a massive filament of gas in the early universe actually seems to be a humongous, galaxy-forming disk.
Shedding New Light on Near-Earth Asteroids
Students captured some amazing videos of near-Earth asteroids this past month, demonstrating a powerful tool for learning about some of our nearest celestial neighbors.
Closest Rocky Exoplanet Discovered
Super-Earth HD 219134b is just 21 light-years away, orbiting a nearby orange star that you can see from your backyard.
Alan Stern: What We Found at Pluto
It sounds like science fiction, but it's not: NASA's New Horizons mission explored the Pluto system this summer!
Microlensing Exoplanet Confirmed
Astronomers have confirmed the existence of an exoplanet found via microlensing — the first time they’ve been able to successfully follow up on this method.
Cosmic Wind Erodes Distant Galaxy
On Earth, wind can transform entire landscapes - turns out the same is true in space. Galaxy NGC 4921 faces an intracluster wind that's eroding its star-forming terrain.
Tour August's Sky: Saturn & Scorpius
If you want to do some casual stargazing this month, you'll get great views of Scorpius and Saturn in the south — and the impressive Perseid meteor shower.
Dawn Sees Ceres Bright Spots and More
New results from the Dawn orbiter show bright spots, a pyramid-shape mountain, and mysterious haze on the dwarf planet Ceres.
Fade Out (For Now) on SN 1987A
The famous supernova continues to transform: its necklace of hotspots is fading away as the shock wave moves further out.
