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Meet Some Amazing Young Astronomers
This year's awards from the Astronomical League showcase some talented high-school students and astronomy clubs throw great star parties.
Antonín Rükl, 1932–2016
A world-renowned lunar cartographer, whose beautiful atlases have become prized possessions, has died at age 83.
40th Anniversary of Viking's Red Planet Rendezvous
Some 200 of the mission’s surviving scientists and engineers and their families, along with many younger space explorers inspired by the Vikings, gathered to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the Viking 1 landing.
Old Radio Telescope Restored for New Uses
Abandoned for 25 years, a 12-meter antenna once used during the Cold War is now introducing astronomy students to the radio universe.
Rolf G. Meier (1953–2016)
Amateur astronomy has lost a dedicated observer and successful visual comet hunter.
The World at Night's Earth & Sky Photo Contest: The Winners
The winners of the 7th annual Earth & Sky Photo Contest highlight the fragile beauty of our heavens.
Amateur Astro-imagers Get Ready for Juno
Planetary scientists are counting on amateur observations to enhance the results from NASA's forthcoming Juno mission.
Spring Astronomy Day 2016
Join your local amateur astronomy community in celebrating Spring Astronomy Day on May 14, 2016.
At the 25th Northeast Astronomy Forum
The editors of Sky & Telescope made our annual pilgrimage to last weekend’s Northeast Astronomy Forum. Here are our tales of the voyage to Pluto, the newest gadgets, and encouraging encounters with readers.
Celebrate Global Astronomy Month
Join the world’s largest celebration of astronomy — in person or via online webcasts of events — throughout April.
It's International Dark-Sky Week!
What began as a student's simple idea a decade ago has grown into a worldwide celebration of the night sky and easy ways to reduce light pollution.
A Spectacular View of the Total Solar Eclipse
On the morning of Wednesday, March 9th, 240 members of a Sky & Telescope cruise were treated to a spectacular total solar eclipse.
Flood Threatens Photographic Plates
A burst pipe flooded Harvard College’s Observatory Hill, submerging thousands of historic photographic plates underwater. Recovery is now under way.
Planet Hunter Wins Amateur Research Award
The Chambliss Amateur Achievement Award, issued annually by the American Astronomical Society (AAS) "for exemplary research by an amateur astronomer" if there is a suitable candidate, goes to Darryll LaCourse of Marysville, Washington.
AAS Adopts Worldwide Telescope
The largest national association of astronomers is now the new home of a virtual observatory known as the WorldWide Telescope.
The Night of the Blazing Aurora
A group of about 40 intrepid souls from the U.S. and Australia hits pay dirt on a tour of Iceland
Explore Mars in Fiction and Reality
The incredibly popular novel, and now movie, The Martian draws people to the Red Planet with realistic detail. Explore the Red Planet not just in fiction but in reality with our Mars globe and map.
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.
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.