BEIJING -- The world's first solar magnetic-field telescope working in the mid-infrared wavelength has passed its final acceptance review and is now officially commissioned, according to the National ...

Telescopes are fun to point around the sky, but they’re even better when you have some idea of what you’re actually looking at. Experienced sky-gazers love nothing more than whipping out some quality ...

The Orionid meteor shower is set to peak tonight (October 21), with people all around the UK staying up to watch - and you don't need a telescope to see them. If you've ever fancied witnessing a ...

An interstellar comet is dramatically jetting off ice and dust into space, a new image shows. The comet, called 3I/ATLAS, is sending out a jet of material towards the sun as our nearest star warms up ...

The nights of Oct. 20 and 21 mark the peak of the Orionid Meteor shower (as in, stay up late Monday and Tuesday nights). This annual event occurs when the Earth revolves into a stream of material left ...

The shower is produced by Halley’s comet’s debris, and could offer strong viewing opportunities because the moon is new this week. By Katrina Miller Our universe might be chock-full of cosmic wonder, ...

The new moon will see dark skies for the peak of the Orionid meteor shower, while three days will pass in front of the red star Antares for observers in South America. The new moon will see dark skies ...

Appearing in Erie, Pennsylvania on Oct. 29, 2025, astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson discussed the incredible imagery captured 7,000 light years from Earth by the James Webb Telescope, and compared it ...

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