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Advancements in astronomy mean many of the events are tracked, allowing scientists to determine years ahead of time when celestial bodies may be visible from Earth. In 2025, the sky will be ...

Here are some key events to look forward to in space and astronomy in the year ahead. By Michael Roston and Katrina Miller Our species called this latest 366-day journey around the sun “2024 ...

Comet C/2023 A3 Tsuchinshan-ATLAS captured over the McMath-Pierce Solar Telescope at Kitt Peak National Observatory, Arizona. (Robert Sparks) First, the Sun unleashed two epic solar storms, sending ...

The telescope will catalogue billions of new objects and produce a new map of the entire night sky every three days with the largest digital camera ever made. High atop Chile’s 2,700-meter Cerro ...

Credit: Astronomy: Roen Kelly Neptune sits about 12° east of Saturn. Shining at magnitude 7.8, it can be spotted in binoculars. At the end of January it lies in the same binocular field as Venus ...

This once-every-26-month event offers excellent views of the red planet’s surface details through a telescope. Mars at opposition in 2005. Photograph by Jamie Cooper. (Photo by SSPL/Getty Images ...

To get to grips with what kind of telescope might work for you, Thomas Burbine, visiting assistant professor in Astronomy at Mount Holyoke ... reputable brands, like Celestron, Apertura, Astro ...

and now we have this huge suite of instruments that observe the sun in a new way. We’re now living in the golden age of solar multimessenger astronomy.” ...

Since its launch on Christmas Day, 2021, the James Webb Space Telescope has proven its worth year after year. 2024 is no exception. Here are just five times the ultrapowerful telescope has ...