In the run up to Christmas, carols fill the air. Many have an astronomical twist, singing of the “Christmas Star” from the ...

A small, icy moon of Saturn called Enceladus is one of the prime targets in the search for life elsewhere in the solar system ...

Astronomers discovered a new moon of Uranus and hundreds of moons around Saturn over the past year, and there may be many ...

In Part 2 of his story, Benita Albert tells of astronomer Bob Benjamin's career, including teaching and now being a NASA ...

The ALMA (Atacama Large Millimeter/Submillimeter Array) radio telescope, located in theChilean Andes, has long been a key ...

A mysterious interstellar comet known as 3I/ATLAS is about to make its closest approach to Earth in December 2025. Here's ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KATU) — Space, it’s full of surprises. An object, discovered at the beginning of the year, was first thought to be an asteroid. But then it grew a tail. Astronomers with the Mount ...

A newly discovered comet, Comet Lemmon, will make its closest approach to Earth on Oct. 21. The comet may be visible to the naked eye in late October, best viewed in a dark sky location. If you miss ...

Have telescope, will travel, sometimes really far. The University of Virginia Occultation Group, astronomy undergraduates who observe and track asteroids and small planets, make most of their ...

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The Celestron SkyMaster 25x70 binocular is fantastic for stargazing on a budget — now down to $82 at Amazon. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s ...

At 3 a.m. on a crisp May night in Chile, all seemed well with the world’s largest digital camera. Until it didn’t. Inside the newly built Vera C. Rubin Observatory, site project scientist Sandrine ...