amateur astronomy
You Can Build a Home Radio Telescope to Detect Clouds of Hydrogen in the Milky Way
If I ask you to picture a radio telescope, you probably imagine a large dish pointing to the sky, or…
Building a Worldwide Map of Light Pollution
As someone that has always lived in the UK countryside I am no stranger to the glory of a dark…
Senseless Vandalism Damages Canadian Observatory
The Royal Astronomical Society of Canada's observatory in Hamilton, Ontario was vandalized earlier this month, with at least $100,000 in…
Many of the World’s Greatest Observatories Suffer from Some Light Pollution
In a recent study published in the Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, an international team of researchers examined…
Saturn-sized Planet Found in the Habitable Zone of Another Star. The First Planet Completely Discovered by Amateur Astronomers
Exoplanets have been a particularly hot topic of late. More than 4000 of them have been discovered since the first…
Amateur Astronomers Find a Brand New Storm on Jupiter
Amateur astronomers have discovered a new storm near the Great Red Spot.
Ep. 535: Astronomy-Related Things To Do This Summer
It's summertime, and time for our annual Astronomy Cast hiatus. But that doesn't mean that the astronomy adventure has to…
Weekly Space Hangout: Feb 28, 2018: Will Kalif’s “See It With A Small Telescope”
Hosts: Fraser Cain (universetoday.com / @fcain) Dr. Paul M. Sutter (pmsutter.com / @PaulMattSutter) Dr. Kimberly Cartier (KimberlyCartier.org / @AstroKimCartier )…
91 Astronomers Combine 1000 Images Into One Amazing Journey to Jupiter
Using 1000 images taken by amateur astronomer, filmmaker Peter Rosen has created a film that takes viewers on virtual journey…
At ISO 400,000, This 6-Minute Film Shows Why We Love the Night Sky
Obviously, you’ve seen timelapse videos of the night sky because we share them here on Universe Today all the time.…