Looking halfway across the observable universe and expecting to see individual stars is considered a non-starter in astronomy ...

In this episode, Dave Eicher invites you to observe the open star cluster M35, which lies at the feet of the constellation ...

The new year will be a busy one in the night sky with celestial sights of all types for everyone to enjoy, many of which can ...

From a new year's meteor shower to a trio of planets in the night sky, here are the top astronomy events to mark in your ...

Though Carter never claimed to have spotted aliens or a flying saucer — to him this was literally an unknown object in the air — people snickered and mistook his UFO sighting as such. Skeptics, who ...

Formerly the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope, the observatory was renamed in 2020 to honor Vera Rubin, who died at 88 in 2016 ...

What Is a Magnetosphere? A magnetosphere is the region surrounding a planet that is dominated by its magnetic field. While ...

In addition to livestacking, there are now “smart telescopes” available that will take and process images of the night sky as ...