When you become a young observer of the skies, happy to be out in a dark field at night with a 6-inch or 8-inch scope, you ...

Astronomers always allow plenty of time for this process to take place before they begin their observing ... by always glancing off to the side of dim objects. Try these techniques under a ...

delivers some of the most detailed images of celestial objects. While about a third of the camera's observing time goes to scientists working on the Dark Energy Survey, dozens of other teams share ...

And observing ... are inside the object you are observing, while the 9-inch refractor is a nice complement to the larger Dob. These two telescopes are adjacent to a large warm room with plenty ...

Interestingly, while many early telescopic observers referred to objects that we now know are ... Appearing as a dim star along the south side of Lyra the Lyre’s rectangular frame, the Ring ...

Instead, scientists study these mysterious components by observing the way they interact with the visible universe around them: Dark matter ... More than 300,000 new objects were revealed by ...