Gianluca Masi from the Virtual Telescope captured the Artemis 1 Orion spacecraft when it was about 342,000 km (212,508 mi.) away. On the same day, Orion delivered an amazing view of itself and the ...

The next ORION program will take place at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 21, at 7 pm, at the City Room, (Room A-111), McNally-Coffey building, Roane State Community College, Oak Ridge campus. The title of the ...

Southern Arizona’s dry air, dark skies, and plentiful mountain peaks are prime conditions for the many world-class telescopes that dot the region. These conditions, unfortunately, come with ...

A moonless night is about to turn into a meteor showcase, with the Orionids set to deliver one of fall’s best sky shows. Ideal viewing arrives from late Tuesday, Oct. 21, through the predawn hours of ...

A moonless sky will set the stage for one of fall’s best celestial shows as the Orionid meteor shower reaches its peak this week. The Orionids are expected to top out with ideal viewing from late ...

Pointing at stars may seem easy on the surface—just mount a telescope to a tripod and you’re done, right? As anyone who’s spent time with a telescope can tell you, it’s not that simple, given that the ...

Over the quarter century I’ve been writing this column, I’ve been flabbergasted by the advances in telescopes for backyard astronomers. There’s even one I’m recommending this year that does amazing ...

Over the quarter century I’ve been writing this column, I've been flabbergasted by the advances in telescopes for backyard astronomers. There’s even one I’m recommending this year that does amazing ...

Astronomers offered a new hypothesis for what created pairs of objects nicknamed JuMBOs, while other scientists argue they may not really exist. The Orion Nebula, top, seen from La Hayuela, Cantabria, ...

ROCKFORD, IL — August 28, 2024 — The Giant Magellan Telescope and Ingersoll Machine Tools Inc. today announced the start of manufacturing and assembly of the largest telescope mount built in the ...