During the 1240s, Richard Fishacre, a Dominican friar at Oxford University, used his knowledge of light and color to show ...
The moon-sailing Argonaut is a lander concept from the European Space Agency (ESA), of which DLR is a part. ESA officials ...
A striking deep-space image of the Lion Nebula shows massive stars shaping glowing gas clouds. Captured over 35 hours, it ...
The nebula is located some 10,000 light-years away in the constellation Cepheus. Brecher shot the image from Ontario, Canada using a Sky-Watcher Esprit 70 EDX refractor telescope and an array of ...
Astrophotographer Ronald Brecher has captured a magnificent view of the Triangulum spiral galaxy bursting with the light of ...
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What Is a Supermoon?

A supermoon occurs when the full moon coincides with the moon being at the point in its orbit within 90% of its closest ...
The park contains the ruins of one of Texas’ oldest homesteads, built in the 1850s by Thomas McKinney. The stone walls have stood the test of time, offering a glimpse into early Texas pioneer life. It ...
Save 200 bucks for Cyber Monday, this smart telescope will have you imaging stars, galaxies and planets in under 5 minutes.
This month will bring some striking celestial sights, including one of the year’s best meteor showers and a glowing ...
Whether you want a basic scope or a more advanced system, Amazon has tons of Celestron models for the lowest prices of the ...
Still, science being science, we needed proof—and we got it in 1992, when two astronomers found two planets orbiting a pulsar ...
Photographing the deep sky at night can be a complicated business involving specialist knowledge, expensive and bulky ...