The Mercury challenge: With the ecliptic—the centerline of the zodiac and plane of Earth’s orbit—making a shallow ... did ...

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Nov. 11, 2024 — Why is the expansion of our Universe accelerating? Twenty-five years after its discovery, this phenomenon remains one of the greatest scientific mysteries. Solving it involves ...

There's a bright "star" shining in the east after dark. It's Jupiter, which is now approaching it's biggest, brightest and ...

The world’s richest man gave his money and time in campaigning for the president-elect and now is putting in his requests for a friendlier regulatory environment. By Eric LiptonKirsten ...

Short days and dark nights are here. These are the best headlamps for astronomy, stargazing, dog walking, and late-night runs — plan ahead of the Black Friday sales. If you often find yourself ...

ROCHESTER — Here’s a bright idea. Look to the west after sunset; the brightest star on the west horizon right now is Venus. If you hold your hand out at arm’s length, put your thumb at Venus ...

You can find more details on where and when to view Tsuchinshan-ATLAS for another few days in this article by Astronomy Associate Editor Michael E. Bakich. And, while you’ve got your optics out ...

Oh, and it also has a tail. Congratulations, that’s Tsuchinshan-ATLAS. Astronomy Senior Editor Alison Klesman took this photo of Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS on her phone roughly 90 minutes after ...

Using ESO's Very Large Telescope (VLT), an international team of astronomers has inspected an icy protoplanetary disk of a young star known as PDS 453. Results of the new study, published on the ...