Lookout Local Santa Cruz

UCSC astronomy Ph.D. survived war and helped build Kosovo’s first observatory. Now she’s bringing the cosmos to Bay Area classrooms.

After surviving the Kosovo War and witnessing her first solar eclipse as a child, UC Santa Cruz astronomy Ph.D. student ...

SETI’s ‘Noah’s Ark’ – a space historian explores how the advent of radio astronomy led to the USSR’s search for extraterrestrial life

Radio astronomy opened up the universe for scientists. They could map new elements across galaxies and also search for ...

Astronomy students discover a tiny nearby galaxy hid an enormous secret

A class of University of Texas astronomy students has discovered that nearby dwarf galaxy Segue-1 seems to host a ...

Halloween fireballs could signal increased risk of cosmic impact or airburst in 2032 and 2036, research suggests

Every year, the Taurid meteor shower lights up the night sky from late October through early November. Sometimes called the ...