Space
![Illustration of the path of the 2024 total solar eclipse provided by NASA. Shows the United States in a mercator map projection with a thin black band running from Texas up to Northern Maine, where the eclipse can best be viewed](/files/2024/03/feat-crop-eclipse_map_2024_nocity2_5400-636x425.jpg)
2024 Total Eclipse
Tips to Watch and Photograph the April 8 Total Solar Eclipse Safely
![Photo: Interior of the Perkins Telescope Observatory in Flagstaff, Arizona. An enormous telescope is shown inside a large, steel framed-dome.](/files/2023/09/Perkins-Telescope-Observatory-Reopens-feat-636x425.jpg)
Science & Technology
BU’s Perkins Telescope Observatory Reopens with a Brand-New Dome
![Photo: A ufo is shown flying over some trees on a cloudy, foggy day. It is shown as a small shadow hovering over the nature scene.](/files/2023/06/Government-Concealing-UFO-Craft-feat-636x425.jpg)
UNIDENTIFIED OBJECTS
Is the Government Concealing UFO Craft and Dead Extraterrestrials?
![Black and white image from video provided by the Department of Defense labelled Gimbal, from 2015, an unexplained object is seen at center as it is tracked as it soars high along the clouds, traveling against the wind. Numbers in white are seen around the edge of the image.](/files/2021/06/feat-AP_21154653191264-636x425.jpg)
unidentified objects
Are UFOs Visitors from Space? Government Report Won’t Rule It Out
![Image of white blocks on a bright red background; blocks say February 29.](/files/2020/02/resized-thumbnail-iStock-1205223635-636x425.jpg)
Astronomy
The Science behind Leap Year
![Portrait of Dani LeBlanc in the Hayden Planetarium](/files/2019/10/resize-19-1176-PLANET-020-636x425.jpg)
Science & Technology
Does Stargazing Alum Dani LeBlanc Have the Coolest Job in Boston?
![The first direct visual evidence of the supermassive black hole in the center of Messier 87 and its shadow. The shadow of a black hole seen here is the closest we can come to an image of the black hole itself, a completely dark object from which light cannot escape. Credit: EHT Collaboration](/files/2019/04/eso1907a-b-636x371.jpg)
Astronomy
The First Black Hole Image Is Here
![Gilliland Observatory](/files/2018/07/34730467_10155488265962724_6862223962131136512_n.jpg)
Science & Technology
Astronomy After Hours at the Museum of Science Tonight
![Messier 1](/files/2018/04/star-636x424.jpg)
Student Clubs
Lost in Space
![BU astronomer Phil Muirhead assembled a list of red dwarf stars for the new NASA satellite TESS (Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite) to target.](/files/2018/04/resized-14-8337-MUIRHEAD-013-300x200.png)
Space Sciences