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— -- As humans, we're limited by what we can see with the naked eye. While we're biologically suited to looking at things up close, our eyes can't zoom in to take a look at far-away objects. But ...
While Saturn has been visible in the night sky all of September, this weekend, the ringed planet will shine its brightest.
Telescopes are great tools for observing the heavens, or even surrounding landscapes if you have the right vantage point. You don’t have to be a professional to build one though; you can make all ...
Amazon is offering 27% off the Celestron StarSense Explorer DX 130AZ. Perfect for watching Saturn's opposition on Sept. 20.
University of Virginia astronomy undergraduates focus on the shadows of asteroids and dwarf planets for their Earth-bound ...
Why build a telescope? YOLO, as the kids say. Having decided that, one must decide what type of far-seer one will construct.
James Webb Space Telescope and the W.M. Keck Observatory captured new images of Saturn's moon Titan. Credit: NASA/STScI/W. M.
"We were amazed by the fact that these observatories can detect about 100 black holes just 250 million years after the Big ...
NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope will help scientists better understand our Milky Way galaxy's less sparkly ...
A telescope in Chile recently glimpsed 3I/ATLAS' glowing tail, which observations reveal has grown as the interstellar object ...
The world's greatest space telescopes have all been round. Now, a new rectangular design could turbocharge our search for ...
Three years into its mission, the James Webb Space Telescope has advanced the search for alien life more than any machine ...