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The space rock 3I/ATLAS is only the third confirmed interstellar object discovered by astronomers, following 'Oumuamua and ...
Vesta is passing an 8th-magnitude field star, offering a great opportunity to see the space rock’s motion on the sky over just a few nights.
The Maturango Museum serves as the cultural heart of Ridgecrest, showcasing the area’s natural history, Native American heritage, and military connections. Their petroglyph tours to nearby Little ...
Our solar system orbits the Milky Way galaxy once every 200 million years, driven by a supermassive black hole at its center. Discover how dinosaurs saw a very different night sky and what the future ...
An investigation, carried out by the astrophysicists of the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC), questions one of the ...
Many astronomers are growing increasingly concerned that these outdoor lighting from roads, buildings and elsewhere could ...
Did you know that nearly 80% of the world’s population lives under light-polluted skies, unable to see the Milky Way with the ...
Utah is home to over two dozen certified Dark Sky places. The latest is in the southeastern corner of the state.
The Deltas will fly out of the southern sky. Given the relatively low altitude of the radiant from the Northland, and ...
Columnist Justice B. Hill remembers the magic of starry nights from his youth and mourns how light and air pollution have ...
The term for this gruesome process is actually " spaghettification ," according to NASA, inspired by Stephen Hawking's book, ...