Anyone spotting a globular star cluster like M13 for the first time through an amateur telescope will recognize a fascinating white spot, which at first glance could also be a comet without a ...

"Deep Sky Companion" at the Cahill Center for Astronomy and Astrophysics. Credit: Lia Halloran For her latest exhibition, called “Deep Sky Companion,” artist Lia Halloran was inspired not by the ...

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Thanks to technological developments, we mere mortals can now see unimaginably distant places in unprecedented detail without leaving the comfort of our home. However, before there were ...

In a nod to the global amateur astronomy community, as well as to any space enthusiast who enjoys the beauty of the cosmos, the Hubble Space Telescope mission is releasing its version of the popular ...

For one brief stretch each spring, amateur astronomers attempt one of backyard astronomy’s most ambitious challenges: spotting an entire catalog of deep-sky objects in a single night. Known as the ...

With the New Moon arriving tomorrow, amateur astronomers from around the world are getting ready for the annual Messier marathon. During the event, observers will attempt to spot as many objects from ...

In 1781, French astronomer Charles Messier published a catalog of 103 objects in the heavens. He was primarily interested in comets, but kept finding fuzzy smudges that did not move against the ...

Thanks to the Hubble Space Telescope, amateur astronomers had 12 new objects to observe during the annual Messier Marathon held March 17 and 18. The challenge is often scheduled around a new moon in ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. If you spend any time with astronomers, sooner or later, you'll hear them use the phrase "M" ...

In a nod to the global amateur astronomy community, as well as to any space enthusiast who enjoys the beauty of the cosmos, the Hubble Space Telescope mission is releasing its version of the popular ...