CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (KCRG) - “When I was a kid, my cousin showed me Saturn from a telescope when I was young and that got me hooked.” Tom Weber, the President of the Cedar Amateur Astronomers recalled.

The first black hole ever photographed is no longer just a static ring of darkness. Astronomers have now traced a colossal ...

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Jupiter’s moon Europa, which recently made headlines after NASA’s Juno spacecraft measured the amount of oxygen it produces, performs a disappearing act this evening as it slips behind and is occulted ...

Astronomers have captured the universe's first confirmed failed galaxy, a starless expanse of dark matter dubbed Cloud-9, orbiting near the spiral galaxy Messier 94. This ghostly structure, holding ...

Virgo the Maiden is the second-largest constellation, covering 3.1 percent of the sky. It contains 11 Messier objects, tons of worthy targets from the New General Catalogue, and more faint galaxies ...

This spectacular image highlights the majestic spiral galaxy Messier 106 and its diminutive neighbors, as well as a dense field of background galaxies and foreground stars. This may be the best view ...

From Orion's glowing nebula to the sparkling Pleiades, these winter targets reward anyone willing to brave the cold.