Fred Schaaf promises plenty of opportunities for spectacular views of the moon, planets and stars these next two weeks.
She advised that Saturn begins sparkling in the twilight and is just below ... will be visible from Earth with a good small, ...
In 1781, German-born British astronomer William Herschel made Uranus the first planet discovered with the aid of a telescope.
To see the planet's rings, you'll likely need a 12-inch telescope at minimum with a magnification of around 200-300 times. They'll look like a halo surrounding the planet rather than physical rings ...
And wonderfully, you can visit. The aptly named Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex is a full museum, with exhibits including a decommissioned Saturn V rocket, tons of memorabilia, and an actual ...
Legendary Star Lacks Evidence for Large Planet Construction Ever since the dawn of human consciousness, skywatchers have been ...
New Hubble Space Telescope imagery of the Saturn show it's 'ring spokes' in orbit around the gas giant planet. Credit: ...
Vega provided the first telescopic evidence of a disk of planet-forming material, but there are no planets to be found around ...
Averting your gaze when viewing the ringed planet can cause an optical phenomenon that might make you think twice about what ...
When a celestial body, such as a moon, planet or an asteroid passes in front of another celestial body, blocking its view, we call that an occultation. The word is derived from the Latin occultäre, to ...
Imagery of Saturn captured by the James Webb Space Telescope is superimposed over an image captured by Hubble. "Yellows ...
Offering views of the moon and Saturn, McKim Observatory on Greencastle's north side will host an open house from 7-9 p.m. on ...