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Modern astronomy is giving us unprecedented views of the asteroids, comets, and other small bodies that litter our cosmic ...

November’s night skies are grand, festive and bright in many places, quiet and contemplative in others. Both tempers are ...

Astronomers have created the most detailed low-frequency map of the Milky Way, revealing otherwise hidden stars and ...

The best news for stargazers in November is that Butler nights are much longer, and you can start your stargazing well before ...

The best news for stargazers in November is that nights are much longer and you can start your stargazing well before 7 p.m. It is cooler, of course, but once you’re out there with something ...

In the beginning, when planets were newborn, they glowed like furnaces, vast oceans of molten rock wrapped in heavy blankets ...

Whether it's the Northern Lights, a lunar eclipse or the Milky Way, the night sky often offers spectacular photo opportunities.

Zac was born on Oct. 18, 1987 in San Luis Obispo, Calif., to mom Starla Baskett and dad David Efron, who met while working at the same power plant (she was an administrator; he was an engineer). The ...

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On July 1, 2025, an observatory located in Rio Hurtado, Chile, detected an extraordinary visitor making its way into the ...