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Nick and Logan Large play catch with insects and stargazing. Their work —- the stars, not the bugs — is going on exhibit.
This month's night sky is filled with close-range meteors, swirling nebulas, and prime stargazing conditions. Here’s when you ...
This month's night sky is filled with close-range meteors, swirling nebulas, and prime stargazing conditions. Here’s when you ...
This image shows the globular cluster ESO 520-21, a dense sphere of stars near the Milky Way’s centre. It was captured by Hubble and appears dimmer due to gas and dust blocking the starlight.
The moon will slide in front of the red supergiant star Antares on May 13, briefly blocking its light just a day after reaching its full "Flower Moon" phase. Because the moon is relatively close to ...
Although astronomers and scientists have the privilege to witness and see globular clusters all year long, this month of May marks a significance by presenting a unique opportunity to see one of the ...
A globular cluster is a spherical collection of thousands of stars bound by gravity to appear like a sparkling cluster. Such a shimmering cluster of Messier 5 will be visible on May 11.
May’s night sky is packed with astronomical events—find out when and where to look for meteor showers, ancient star clusters, and a rare cosmic lineup.
Now they are revisiting the star cluster Messier 72 (M72). M72 is a collection of stars, formally known as a globular cluster, located in the constellation Aquarius roughly 50,000 light-years from ...
According to NASA, the planetary phenomenon will be clearest about 45 minutes before sunrise, low in the eastern sky and appearing near the moon. Venus and Saturn will be the easiest to spot — but for ...
An image from the Hubble Space Telescope shows a glittering ball of stars named Messier 92. It is one of the brightest globular clusters in the Milky Way.Credit...NASA, ESA, Gilles Chapdelaine ...
The James Webb Space Telescope has captured a surprising new view of a long-studied galactic neighbor, the Sombrero galaxy, revealing a perspective that looks quite different from the wide-brimmed ...