How the pioneering scientist, and namesake of an enormous new telescope, forced astronomers to rethink the universe.

WE'RE DUE FOR ANOTHER CARRINGTON EVENT On September 1, 1859, astronomer Richard Carrington was observing a huge sunspot.

For D.C.-area aurora chasers are recommended to scan the northern horizon visually and with a smartphone/camera starting as ...

Crowded around a telescope pointed toward the eastern sky, four students heed the deliberate instructions of a grey-haired astronomer. "At five seconds, filter's off!" Richard Berry says, keeping an ...

As head of the Vatican Observatory in Castel Gandolfo, Italy, he’s informally known as “the pope’s astronomer” and leads a team of priests and religious brothers who are also scientists. It’s a dream ...

On Sept. 1, 1859, amateur astronomers Richard Carrington and Richard Hodgson both witnessed a massive flare of light from the sun's surface while observing a cluster of sunspots. Within a day ...

New Delhi, May 20 (PTI) The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) on Tuesday condoled the demise of renowned astronomer Dr Jayant Vishnu Narlikar, saying India has lost an internationally acclaimed ...

It has not only happened to us before, but it could happen again. On Sept. 1, 1859, amateur astronomers Richard Carrington and Richard Hodgson both witnessed a massive flare of light from the sun's ...

Noted astronomer, science writer and broadcaster Dr Jayant Vishnu Narlikar passed away at his residence in Pune on Tuesday, May 20, after a brief illness, said family sources. He breathed his last at ...