Greetings, stargazers. A prominent winter constellation is Taurus, the bull. It is particularly easy to find this month, because Jupiter is right in the middle of it. At magnitude -2.68, Jupiter will ...
The only drawback here is that the telescopes can suffer from chromatic aberration, where colors and images can seem a bit fuzzy. Here, we've rounded up some of our favorite refractors: the Orion ...
The large asteroid 887 Alinda, more than 4 km wide, is approaching the Earth as close as possible. Such close contact is the ...
The Red Planet comes closest to Earth, disappears behind the Moon in an occultation, and finally reaches opposition in the ...
Over 40 stars in a galaxy billions of light-years away were photographed, offering a glimpse into an era when the universe ...
"I never dreamed of Webb seeing them in such large numbers." ...
Looking halfway across the observable universe and expecting to see individual stars is considered a non-starter in astronomy ...
Using NASA's James Webb Space Telescope, scientists have observed a galaxy nearly 6.5 billion light-years from Earth, and ...
Find the best telescopes to unlock the wonders of the night sky — just in time for those long winter nights. The best telescope unlocks the wonders of the universe right from your backyard and ...
As we roll into January, like you I am also shaking the almost empty can of de-icer like Bez from the Happy Mondays in the morning as I try to ...
In the coming days, we can observe one of the most spectacular astronomical events. Asteroid 887 Alinda, with a diameter of ...