Astronomy magazine will present its 2011 Out-of-this-world Award to a club or organization that has shown excellence in astronomy outreach activities. The annual $2,500 award focuses on ongoing ...

The editors of Astronomy magazine selected 16-year-old Benjamin Palmer from Queensbury, New York, as the winner of Astronomy’s 2011 Youth Essay Contest. For his entry on what he loves best about ...

The Astronomical Society of the Pacific (ASP) today announces the winners of its 2011 awards for excellence in astronomy research and education. The Maria and Eric Muhlmann Award is given annually to ...

The winners of the 2011 Astronomy Photographer of the Year competition snapped some incredible images: astronomical objects from within our solar system and far into deep space. See more photos at the ...

What a year it has been for science and astronomy. From the discoveries of potentially habitable alien planets to the detection of a tiny new moon around Pluto and jaw-dropping lunar and solar ...

Axon, David, et al. "An H-alpha Nuclear Spiral Structure in the E0 Active Galaxy Arp 102B." Astrophysical Journal 736. (2011): 77-87. Print. * Axon, David, et al. "NICMOS Polarimetry of ...

As promised, here's Part 3 of my Top Astronomy Pictures of 2011: Deep Space Objects. Remember in Parts 1 and 2 when I said that putting together these lists was hard? I was stupid. Because those times ...

The Astronomical Society of the Pacific (ASP) today announces the winners of its 2011 awards for excellence in astronomy research and education. The Maria and Eric Muhlmann Award is given annually to ...