She recalls her mother lying alongside her, telling her to look out her window into the night sky because her guardian angel was there. And as she searched for this elusive guardian angel, what she ...

Today’s astronomers don’t really look at stars or galaxies so much as images produced from data generated by light. If that same data were used to produce 3-D printouts, tactile displays or sound, ...

TULSA, Okla. — Tens of thousands are expected to flock to southeastern Oklahoma and Arkansas on April 8 to see the moon fully eclipse the sun. A solar eclipse happens when the moon gets directly in ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. The phone in your pocket is a veritable Swiss Army knife of functionality for both casual ...

Vito Technology’s (http://vitotechnology.com/) Star Walk – 5 Stars Astronomy Guide for iOS has been upgraded to 7.0.4. The augmented reality stargazing guide for ...

A 10,000-pound package was delivered on Feb. 16 to the W. M. Keck Observatory near the summit of Mauna Kea. Inside is a powerful new scientific instrument that will dramatically increase the cosmic ...

'Even as the number of satellites increases over the decade, these tools for cleaning the images will still be applicable.' When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...

To fix urban decay, look to the stars. In today's Academic Minute, Johns Hopkins University's Tamas Budavari describes how a tool to map the stars could help fight urban blight. Budavari is an ...

Created 300 years ago, Jaipur's Jantar Mantar is an outdoor complex filled with gargantuan astronomy tools designed to be used by the naked eye – and they're still accurate. It was a week after the ...