The universe is smoother than expected. The latest data release from the Kilo-Degree Survey (KIDS) confirms earlier indications that the current distribution...
Author - Tejas Sharma
This month features the Perseid meteor shower, one of the two best displays of “shooting stars” all year. These meteors are caused when little bits of grit...
Comet NEOWISE was down to magnitude 5.0 or 5.5 by July 30th and fading by about a half-magnitude a day as expected. Finder chart through 0:00 August 5th UT...
The launch of Perseverance. NASA/Joel Kowsky Now there are three. A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket roared to life at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in...
Uranus and Neptune, the so-called ice giants, are the only major planets in our solar system that aren’t easily visible to the unaided eye. If you...
Globular clusters were among the first structures to form in the early universe. Some of these ancient stellar cities are still with us today, circulating in...
NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft looked back at Pluto after its closest approach on July 14, 2015, and snapped this photo of the planet’s hazy...
Most of the time we at Sky & Telescope ponder what’s up there, in the sky. But sometimes we need to focus on what’s down here, on Earth. Events can force...
Artist’s illustration of a magnetar, a neutron star with powerful magnetic fields. ESA Pulsars have historically been classified into different categories —...
Comet NEOWISE: Still there at dusk. . . . Comet NEOWISE continues to hang dimly in the northwest at the end of twilight, though it’s fading. Plan to look...