The Quadrantids’ radiant lies in the now-defunct constellation Quadrans Muralis, a region of the sky occupied by Boötes. It’s ...

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Formerly the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope, the observatory was renamed in 2020 to honor Vera Rubin, who died at 88 in 2016 ...

January's sky brings a planet parade, Mars opposition, and the Quadrantid meteor shower. Enjoy Venus and Saturn's close ...

In 1925, grad student Cecilia Payne first proposed that stars were mostly made of hydrogen and helium and shaped our ...

In 2025, the sky will be illuminated by 12 full Moons, plenty of meteor showers, four eclipses and three Supermoons. Here's a ...

Some stargazers are calling it a planetary parade: Every other planet in our solar system can be seen in the sky tonight.

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While you might wish it weren’t so, the skin around your eyes is one part of your body that can show the earliest signs of premature aging, particularly without proper care. But have you ever ...

Sure, it‘s predictable – but few cities around the world boast quite such a dizzying amount of action on NYE. Whether you’re there for the classic ball drop in Times Square or the fireworks ...

There could be planets around the supermassive black hole at the heart of our galaxy – and we may be ready to find them, scientists say. That hope comes after researchers found the first ever ...

There could be planets around the supermassive black hole at the heart of our galaxy – and we may be ready to find them, scientists say. That hope comes after researchers found the first ever binary ...