The vernal equinox occurs as Mercury stands still in Pisces and several of Jupiter’s moons transit in the sky this week.

Credit: Astronomy: Roen Kelly The map below portrays the sky as seen ... The stars above the map’s horizon now match what’s in the sky.

The SKA-Low radio telescope in Western Australia is slowly coming online. It will probe the shape of the universe and study ...

When she peered through a telescope during Great Basin National Park's astronomy ... chart app like Stellarium. "A lot of the western states naturally fit the ticket to become a Dark Sky park ...

New results from the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) suggest that the unknown force accelerating the expansion of ...

Every three nights, it will produce a map of the entire southern sky ... of existential threats to their discipline. Now, researchers in astronomy and other fields are working with satellite ...

On May 19, 2022, two astrophotographers set up near the sacred lake of Pumoyongcuo on the southern Tibetan Plateau captured a ...

DESI's first dataset maps 18.7 million celestial objects, aiding dark energy, galaxy, and universe expansion studies.

New data further challenge the best scientific theory of the history and the structure of the universe. But a separate recent ...

On Rum, Europe’s newest dark-sky sanctuary, the island’s 40 residents ... “What you are seeing is not just a 2-D map, but the four dimensions of space and time,” Dr. Green said.

although a sky map can be very useful, and a good telescope or binoculars will enhance some experiences and bring some otherwise invisible objects into view. You can also use astronomy accessories ...

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