Use telescopes and binoculars to observe a crescent moon, Jupiter as a 'Christmas star', star clusters and more — now is a great time to go night sky viewing.

For most of us who are not astronomers, the image that comes to mind when describing a reflecting telescope is of a huge instrument in its own domed-roof building on a mountain top. But a ...

Meteors from the Ursids appear near the Little Dipper, which is part of the constellation Ursa Minor. Only skywatchers in the ...

Open the main menu, then go to Equipment, Arsenal, and then the Focus School entry second from the bottom (or third if you ...

NASA’s SPHEREx has mapped the entire sky in 102 infrared colors, which are invisible to the human eye but can be used to ...

Comet 3I/ATLAS is a rare visitor passing briefly through our solar system. Here’s how to find it in the night sky—and what ...

"Virgil has two personalities, its 'good' side – a typical young galaxy quietly forming stars. But Virgil transforms into the host of a heavily obscured supermassive black hole, pouring out immense ...

Let your little ones explore the outer space with this beginner-friendly telescope.

Hands-on, holiday festival opens today with live music, local favorites, glass blowing demonstrations, kids activities and ...

This December's dazzling display comes from a strange asteroid with comet-like behavior—and a tail of debris that astronomers ...

Abstract: This article presents the implementation of a multithreaded parallel architecture, which enables telescope-based optical unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) detection and tracking in real time.