French molten salt reactor developer Stellaria has signed a pre-order agreement with data centre developer and operator ...

Stellarium is available for Linux, macOS, and Windows. This time, I clicked on 'Windows x86_64; Windows 10+' to download it. In File Explorer, open the file you just downloaded. Select 'Japanese' as ...

If you are fascinated by the night sky, this free application will allow you to explore the stars, planets and constellations from the comfort of your computer. 1. Go to stellarium.org and download ...

Strictly speaking, it's open source software, but it's hard to believe that you can do so much with free software. Compatible with Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux. It is characterized by its wonderful ...

On astronomical telescopes of even middling power, a small “finderscope” is often mounted in parallel to the main optics to assist in getting the larger instrument on target. The low magnification of ...

One of my favorite pastimes is being outside walking at night and looking into the stars. One issue was I had no way to tell what star was what and where various planets were. Of course there were a ...

The Stellarium Mobile Plus app is one of the better stargazing apps available, but its navigational controls and asteroid database are lacking in comparison to its direct competitor, SkySafari 3. Why ...

Stellarium is a well-known name to astronomy buffs that have long used the open-source program on Windows, Mac, or Linux desktops. Stellarium Mobile (for iPad), created by two of the developers of the ...

There are thousands of stars visible to the naked eye in the night sky. Unfortunately, the sky isn’t that dark in cities where light pollution obscures the beauty of the universe. But one doesn’t need ...