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Summer arrives for northern observers as the Moon visits Venus, Uranus, and Mercury. Plus: globular cluster M15, double star ...
Now nearing a close conjunction, Saturn and Neptune sit just to the right of the crescent Moon in the morning sky.
China’s Tianwen-2 launched May 29 to collect asteroid samples and study a distant comet, marking a major step in the nation’s ...
Explore the UGC 10214, the Tadpole Galaxy, a faint, peculiar spiral galaxy in Draco with a dramatic tidal tail and active ...
Inflation and budget issues are threatening to hobble NASA’s most in-demand telescopes.
Vesta reaches its stationary point in Virgo today. This bright asteroid is easy to find from any location in just a few ...
Following a multimillion-dollar expansion program in recent times, sudden harsh science cuts are challenging America’s ...
Experience the unforgettable 2027 Egypt total solar eclipse with a 12-night Nile cruise and exclusive tours of ancient ...
One of Lord Rosse’s greatest discoveries was the spiral structure of the Whirlpool Galaxy (M51). He also made a sketch of a ...
Southern astronomers get to see the Milky Way’s core overhead and enjoy many star clusters and nebulae that are hidden for us ...
On June 17, in the year 2 B.C.E, a significant planetary conjunction occurred involving Venus and Jupiter. From Earth’s perspective, these two bright planets appeared to draw so close that they would ...
When the Sun expands into a red giant, it will swallow the inner solar system and raise the temperature in the outer regions.