Go outside right now. What’s the farthest thing you can see? A tree? A bird? What about the Moon? It’s 250,000 miles away. The Sun is 400 times farther than that, at nearly 100 million miles (but ...

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I have been writing about the Giant Magellan Telescope for a long time. Nearly two decades ago, for example, I wrote that ...

Coordinator for the Astronomy and Dark Sky Initiative for the Lake Fork Valley Conservancy Phillip Virden looks down the valley at the San Juan Mountains with his binoculars at Windy Point on ...

Stargazing is the ideal all-season activity that can help renew your appreciation for the endlessly vast galaxy while getting you out into the great outdoors. But if you’re peering out of your foggy ...