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At this time, the sun shines at such an angle to make it appear as if there is a gigantic 'V' and 'X' marking the barren ...
On the night of July 2, the first quarter moon phase will create an extraordinary lunar spectacle. An ‘X’ and ‘V’ will be ...
To help you see the lunar landscape, this telescope has a 70mm aperture and a 400mm focal length and it has an altazimuth (AZ) mount which gives you smooth movement horizontally and vertically.
A stunning new photo captures the moon and Saturn engaged in a cosmic game of peek-a-boo. On Jan. 4, Saturn briefly hid behind the crescent moon, escaping the view of skywatchers in Europe, Africa ...
The Hubble Space Telescope has a mirror that is 2.4 meters wide. NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has a mirror that is 6.5 meters across, so you’d expect JWST to have much higher ...
Venus continues to be the “Morning Star” in the east before dawn, albeit it has become dimmer — but still bright — as it ...
How does the camera on the James Webb Space Telescope work and see so far out? – Kieran G., age 12, Minnesota Imagine a ...
Also, this month, the July full moon, or Buck Moon, will grace the sky and reach peak illumination in the zodiac sign of ...
But why stick a telescope on the Moon at all? Well, a telescope on the Moon with the power of the ULT could potentially peer far enough into space to see some of the very first stars ever created.
Matthew Hutson visits Houston, Texas, to learn about Lunar Resources, a startup that wants to build the largest telescope in the solar system—not here but on the moon.
How to see the 'blood worm moon' total lunar eclipse The "blood worm moon," so named for the reddish hue of its glow and the time of year it's occurring, will be visible in every U.S. state.
This month will usher in two separate conjunctions — one between the moon and a rarely-visible Mercury, and another between the moon and Mars.