If you missed the moon passing in front of the Pleiades this past January, February and July, the next show for North America comes our way on Thursday night, Oct. 9. This time the moon will be a ...

How will NASA's upcoming Habitable Worlds Observatory (HWO) mission differentiate Earth-sized exoplanets from other exoplanets, specifically Earth-sized exoplanets within the habitable zone, also ...

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A massive asteroid nearly the size of a New York skyscraper will make a close approach, or pass, by Earth in the early hours of Sept. 18, according to scientists. They say the asteroid, officially ...

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For those who love astronomy, both the joy and difficulty of the activity are sitting by your telescope for long hours, continually checking and adjusting it. You may also juggle different software, ...

Concept design for a rectangular space telescope, modeled after the Diffractive Interfero Coronagraph Exoplanet Resolver (DICER), a notional infrared space observatory, and the James Webb Space ...

A rare August morning alignment brings Mercury, a thin crescent moon and the Beehive Cluster together in the predawn sky. Here's how you can see it for yourself. Isaac Asimov (1920-1992), a legendary ...

Achieve flawless polar alignment in just minutes using SharpCap Pro. This guide walks you through the exact steps to improve your astrophotography tracking and get pinpoint star alignment every time.

On the morning of Aug. 19, six planets will align in the sky in a rare and quietly spectacular event for early risers. Four of the planets will be easily visible to the naked eye, with two others ...

Stargazers will revel in a dazzling display as a six "planet parade" dances across the sky on Sunday, Aug. 10. While it won't be easy to see the full planet lineup this weekend without binoculars or a ...