Today’s observatories document every pulse and flash in the sky each night. To understand how the cosmos has changed over ...

Stargazers looking ahead to February’s highlights should make some time to look up not only during the night, but also during the day. In addition to the first solar eclipse of the year and a "planet ...

It took Livingston a grand total of 27 hours to image the Pelican Nebula as it hung in the heavily light-polluted skies close to the Las Vegas Strip. The end result is a magnificently detailed nebula ...

NASA has scheduled the launch for the Artemis II moon rocket for no earlier than Feb. 8. WTOP will have details on the ...

In the skies of Earth in February, six of the seven other planets—all except Mars—can be seen in the early evening, but not all at once.

Two ghastly trends are spreading like an uncontrollable rash across Bengaluru. And no one seems inclined to stop it from spreading further. The spiral strands of bright light wrapped around tree ...

What if the entire history of the universe played out in just 10 minutes? From the Big Bang to the rise of humanity, witness 13.8 billion years unfold at a scale of 22 million years per second. This ...

For Astronomy magazine’s 15th annual compilation of Star Products, we’ve once again explored the vast astronomical marketplace to handpick the finest, most innovative, and most practical gear for ...

Human visual perception is inherently subjective, influenced by the brain's interpretation of retinal signals based on prior experience ("unconscious inference"), leading to illusions rather than a ...

During the 2025 Smithsonian Folklife Festival, sidewalk astronomers brought a sense of hope into Washington, D.C. Melia Person Star Trek called it the “final frontier.” When Jodie Foster’s character ...

The Andromeda Galaxy is more than just a swirl of stars in the night sky — it’s a cosmic city teeming with secrets, history, and breathtaking beauty. Why China moved so quickly to execute 11 members ...

The rapid rise of AI-generated child sexual abuse materials (CSAM) is leaving Ohio lawmakers grappling with how to address the issue. Former golf pro on run in Mexico indicted for stealing nearly $1M ...