The world’s largest optical telescope is nearing the moment when it will begin exploring the universe in unprecedented detail ...

The record-breaking asteroid, about the length of eight football fields, made one complete rotation in 1.88 minutes. Determining this asteroid’s rotating speed allowed the astronomers to determine its ...

No tripods. No heavy telescopes. No setup. A whole new world of mobile long-range imaging begins as Stabi One 10×20 brings digiscoping to your pocket — lightweight, instant, and fully stabilized. The ...

Could alien signals have already reached Earth undetected? - If advanced alien civilisations exist and have contacted Earth, they are more likely rare, scientists say ...

The IceCube observatory in Antarctica has been expanded with over 600 sensors. They are intended to search for low-energy neutrinos.

NASA has found fewer than a third of the near-Earth asteroids large enough to destroy a city, and the agency’s best tool for ...

Celestron FirstScope 76: Very affordable and ideal for kids or as a quick backyard scope. Despite the small size, you can easily catch the craters of the moon and even glimpse Jupiter’s moons.

The U.S. Air Force is moving forward with plans to build seven more telescopes on Haleakalā, drawing opposition from those ...

Planet groupings occur every few years and are visually appealing but not rare. While some social media claims exaggerate ...

Indonesia and Nahdlatul Ulama say the crescent fails visibility criteria, pointing to a Feb. 19 start for Ramadan, pending ...

Since it turned on, the James Webb Space Telescope has revealed dozens of mysterious red blobs in space. The so-called Little ...

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