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Astronomy

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

2024 Total Eclipse

Tips to Watch and Photograph the April 8 Total Solar Eclipse Safely

March 29, 2024

Photo: Interior of the Perkins Telescope Observatory in Flagstaff, Arizona. An enormous telescope is shown inside a large, steel framed-dome.

Science & Technology

BU’s Perkins Telescope Observatory Reopens with a Brand-New Dome

September 28, 2023

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.

UNIDENTIFIED OBJECTS

Is the Government Concealing UFO Craft and Dead Extraterrestrials?

June 22, 2023

A photo showing the curvature of the earth from the International Space Station. Photo by NASA via Unsplash

Astronomy

Astronomy Class Ponders Life Beyond Earth

March 3, 2023

Julius Schiller’s depiction of St. Joseph, the ideal husband and father in the Holy Family. Credit: Mendillo Collection

Arts & Culture

A Scientist Ponders Religious Depictions of the Stars

November 4, 2022

A student peers through a telescope at the Boston University Coit Observatory.

Things-to-do

Spend a Free Night Stargazing at the Coit Observatory

July 4, 2022

An illustration by Sky & Telescope that depicts where certain planets will be in the sky on June 24th

Astronomy

Want to See Five Planets with Your Naked Eye This Week?

June 21, 2022

Listen Now

With Space Tourism a Reality, Will Civilians Travel to Space? And When?

September 16, 2021

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.

unidentified objects

Are UFOs Visitors from Space? Government Report Won’t Rule It Out

June 11, 2021

Gif of the helicopter recently flown on Mars by NASA. The small, drone-like option is surrounded by red dirt and rocks as its propellors spin.

Rhetoric

Manned Missions. Conquering Space. The Problem with Space Lingo

April 26, 2021

The rocket carrying mini-sensors developed by BU students on the launch pad in New Zealand before liftoff

Space

University’s Student-Built Satellites Blast into Space after Years of Delays

June 17, 2020

Image of white blocks on a bright red background; blocks say February 29.

Astronomy

The Science behind Leap Year

February 28, 2020

A man gazes through a telescope at the Judson B. Coit Observatory

Astronomy

Behind the Scenes at BU: Coit Observatory

October 2, 2019

The observatory dome

Astronomy

The Secret History of BU’s PRB Observatory and the Telescope It Was Built to House

September 30, 2019

Professor Steven Ahlen and Sif Operations Manager Heitor Maturate with Ahlen's component for Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI)

Science & Technology

Behind the Scenes at BU: Scientific Instrument Facility

September 26, 2019

Space

As the World Marks the 50th Anniversary of Man’s Landing on the Moon, BU Scientists Ponder the Next Big Space Discoveries

July 18, 2019

Gilliland Observatory

Astronomy

Astronomy After Hours at the Museum of Science Tonight

July 6, 2018

Messier 1

Space

Lost in Space

April 23, 2018

Merav Opher with REU students

Research

NSF Program Brings Budding Astronomers to BU

July 21, 2017

Coit Observatory

Astronomy

Nightlife: Public Open Night at BU’s Coit Observatory

March 16, 2016

Nightlife: Public Open Night at BU’s Coit Observatory