To make D-Day a success, the Allies thought they might have to break through formidable German defences. One unconventional ...

The moon will rise with Venus and the ice giant Neptune in the pre-dawn sky on Thursday, May 22.

An asteroid the width of Manhattan will be close enough to Earth tonight to be seen with binoculars. The good news is that the word "close" — like all things astronomical — is relative.

"At present T CrB is tenth magnitude, so it is only visible in giant binoculars," said Shears. "But when it rises [in brightness] it will become visible in standard binoculars and then the naked eye." ...

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He envisioned those structures as thematically joined by a giant pair of binoculars. Although the project was never seen through, Gehry kept the small architectural model on his desk.