Comets SWAN and Lemmon will both swing by Earth and appear bright in the sky near the end of October. Here’s how to see them.

Space dust and debris are crashing into the atmosphere all the time. When that debris heats up the air enough, it lights up ...

Remote astronomical imaging offers advantages over on-site observation, eliminating travel, setup time, and weather-related setbacks. Successful remote imaging necessitates robust, reliable equipment ...

It's important to think carefully about which items you're carting around with you on your expedition in Peak, but sometimes an achievement calls for you to carry something you don't really want to ...

Astronomy day 2025 is upon us! To celebrate, we've picked six targets to emphasize the variety and scale of objects visible ...

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 ...

From a distance, Biosphere 2 emerges from the cacti and creosote of the Sonoran desert like a gleaming oasis, a colony of ...