Search the cosmos any time of day, and there’s no need to charge or plug in the telescope; it relies only on your ...

I was looking forward to writing a tribute to clear summer skies and great summer stargazing in the Pacific Northwest.

In the early 1600s, Dutch spectacle maker Jan Lippershey discovered that combining lenses could magnify distant objects.

Webb's final snapshot of asteroid 2024 YR4 fine-tuned its orbit—raising Moon impact odds slightly, but Earth is safe.

The asteroid, about the size of a 10-story building, has a 4.3% chance of lunar impact, according to NASA's James Webb Space ...

This month's night sky is filled with close-range meteors, swirling nebulas, and prime stargazing conditions. Here’s when you ...

By February 2024, NASA had ruled out any Earth strike. The updated odds dropped to near zero, and 2024 YR4 was officially ...

To make a truly realistic fake picture of a galaxy, you can model exactly how light particles travel through the atmosphere ...

Grab your binoculars, set up your telescope, and get outside—here’s what to look for in the cosmos throughout the month. Moon, Mars, and the Beehive Cluster—May 3 Just after sunset, look to ...

There will be three full moons during the summer. And the sky this season has a number of bright stars that form easily ...

Later this year, another mission aims to place a small radio telescope on the Moon's far side, further testing the feasibility of such observations. 7 comments 84 likes and shares.

Earth is perfectly safe from a menacing asteroid known as 2024 YR4 that is big enough to level a city, but the moon? Not so much.