UPDATE: This article was published in January 2022—if you’re reading this in August/September 2022 then here’s what you need to know about the very bright “star” in the east after dark. If you’ve been ...

Six planets are lining up in a row from our Earthly view of the cosmos, in a spectacle that'll be visible in January through to February. Reading time 2 minutes Stargazers are in for a treat as six ...

A breakthrough in adaptive optics allows astronomers to obtain space-telescope quality images over a wide field of view — here on Earth If you are like most people, you probably enjoy the twinkling of ...

The warm nights surrounding July 12 present a golden opportunity to hunt for the three bright stars that form the famous "Summer Triangle" asterism in the northern hemisphere night sky. Each of the ...

With the most powerful radio telescope in the southern hemisphere, we have observed a twinkling star and discovered an abundance of mysterious plasma structures in our cosmic neighborhood. The plasma ...

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