This article, originally titled "The Man Who Discovered the Universe," is from the Summer 2025 issue of Air & Space Quarterly ...

A SpaceX launch early Wednesday morning sent a trio of spacecraft toward a destination almost one million miles from Earth. The missions—two for NASA and one for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric ...

We previously covered one such “gravity telescope” with the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO). Another one is the Japanese project Kamioka Gravitational Wave Detector (KAGRA).

As daylight fades, Kissimmee Prairie reveals perhaps its most spectacular feature – a night sky untainted by light pollution. Designated as Florida’s first and only Dark Sky Park by the International ...

Located in the remote northern reaches of Pennsylvania’s Potter County, Cherry Springs sits atop a 2,300-foot mountain surrounded by the sprawling Susquehannock State Forest. It’s a place where ...

The algorithm models the blurring incurred by Earth's atmosphere and counteracts it, producing sharp and clear images.

The James Webb Space Telescope has, for the first time, measured the carbon-rich concoction that forms a moon-forming disk of ...

While I enjoy stargazing as much as the next person, I also love to know how things work – to get under the hood. French ...

Dave Leake teaches ciLiving host, Jaclyn Friedlander how telescopes work Join us as we explore the fascinating world of ...

When you think of telescopes in space, you probably think of the Hubble Space Telescope and its younger, larger sibling, the ...

Why Sagittarius B2 produces so many stars in comparison to the rest of the galactic center has remained an enduring mystery ...

The trick to bringing out astronomy detail with your cell phone is to open the camera app, go to pro mode, manual mode or night mode, and then brace your phone on a windowsill, car hood or ideally on ...