For the first time, astronomers have imaged dozens of belts around nearby stars where comets and tiny pebbles within them are ...

An unexpected television signal traced to an airplane led to a new method for pinpointing unwanted radio signals, as growing ...

In this episode, Dave Eicher invites you to go out and spot the elusive zodiacal light. Caused by light reflecting and scattering off dust in the plane of our solar system, one of the best times to ...

A research team may have discovered a star with an exoplanet that is so fast that both will leave the Milky Way.

Software engineers have been hard at work to establish a common language for a global conversation. The topic—revealing the ...

"They're so rare, and they're incredibly useful scientifically," said Conor O'Riordan of the Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics.

Fluorite triplet TakahashiTokyo, Japan The ​​FCT-65D is a low-dispersion Fluorite Triplet refractor. It has a 400mm focal length and a f/6.2 focal ratio, and a high Strehl ratio of .98. It also comes ...

Explore the captivating journey of ancient Greek astronomy in which mythological tales and mathematical precision mix together.

In a report released in October 2022, the American Astronomical Society (ASS) likened the impact of megaconstellations on astronomy to light pollution. The report said the sky may brighten by a ...

Join us for an unforgettable evening celebrating the beauty and importance of dark skies. Big Cypress National Preserve, designated an International Dark Sky Park in 2016 by the International Dark-Sky ...

This is a photo of a spider and a fly nebula taken for a total of 20 hours at the end of January in Berkshire, England. The ...