Mercury is notoriously difficult to see from Earth, thanks to its proximity to the Sun. But on July 4, Mercury reaches its ...

SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket with the Dragon spacecraft carrying Axiom-4 astronauts heads to the International Space Station.

The innermost planet of our solar system is now well placed for observers.

UW was among the founding members of the Vera C. Rubin Observatory in Chile, whose discoveries are expected to revolutionize ...

Here we go again with the second Milky Way photography adventure with Gavin aka Fototripper. In this episode we take a break from the heat and try to find clear skies on the Southern Oregon Coast. We ...

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. SCIENCE 9 reasons to look up this May ...

Longtime imager and Astronomy magazine contributor Giovanni Tumino just sent me his latest image, and I’m gagging. He was ...

To make a truly realistic fake picture of a galaxy, you can model exactly how light particles travel through the atmosphere ...

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The best smart telescopes will let you find the Lagoon Nebula and the Hercules Cluster with the touch of a button. And with Prime Day nearly here, watch out for big savings on these telescopes.

Tonight will be warm and muggy beneath partly cloudy skies. Lows only drop into the 70s overnight. The heatwave lingers on Thursday. Highs in the mid-90s, heat index values above 100°, sunny skies, ...

This will allow for lows to only drop into the mid 70s for many, which will keep air conditioners running all night long. Temperatures will be a touch hotter on Sunday as more locations top out in the ...