Sky This Week is brought to you in part by Celestron. Friday, January 30The Moon passes 4° north of Jupiter this evening at 9 ...

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Sky This Week is brought to you in part by Celestron. Friday, January 23Pluto reaches conjunction with the Sun at 5 A.M. EST.

Astronomers using the Subaru Telescope in Hawaiʻi have discovered a massive planet and a brown dwarf orbiting distant stars. The discoveries are the first results from OASIS (Observing Accelerators ...

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Even telescopes far above Earth can’t avoid the contamination caused by commercial satellites. The findings are “truly frightening”, says Patrick Seitzer, an astronomer at the University of Michigan ...

Whether you want a basic scope or a more advanced system, Amazon has tons of Celestron models for the lowest prices of the year during Cyber Monday. By Stan Horaczek Published Nov 30, 2025 9:42 PM EST ...

A telescope in Chile has captured a stunning new picture of a grand and graceful cosmic butterfly. The National Science Foundation's NoirLab released the picture on Wednesday. The glowing "wings" ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. One of my nerd hobbies is astronomy. I love looking at the stars and imagining all the various worlds that are out there. Nebulae, whole ...

Benjamin Pope receives funding from the Australian Research Council and the Big Questions Institute. After Christmas dinner in 2021, our family was glued to the television, watching the nail-biting ...

Transparent telescope brings 'stunning deep-sky details' closer to home While I enjoy stargazing as much as the next person, I also love to know how things work – to get under the hood. French smart ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Jean Mueller became Palomar Observatory’s first female telescope operator in 1985, breaking decades-old gender ...