A planet thought to orbit the star 40 Eridani A—host to Mr. Spock's fictional home planet, Vulcan, in the "Star Trek" universe—is really a kind of astronomical illusion caused by the pulses and ...

JATIS will provide a peer-reviewed publishing home for the field of astronomical instrumentation. BELLINGHAM, Washington, USA -- SPIE, the international society for optics and photonics, has announced ...

BELLINGHAM, Washington, USA - The first issue of the new Journal of Astronomical Telescopes, Instruments, and Systems (JATIS) has been launched by SPIE, the international society for optics and ...

Right in the heart of Lorain County are some highly experienced amateur astronomers who might know as much about the night sky as any professional. The Black River Astronomical Society is one of the ...

Astronomers are keenly interested in red dwarfs and the planets that orbit them. Up to 85% of the stars in the Milky Way could be red dwarfs, and 40% of them might host Earth-like exoplanets in their ...