A Mission to Save NASA’s Swift Telescope Launches to Orbit
An attempt to save NASA’s Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory telescope before it burns up in the atmosphere successfully…
Alan Hale, Sky Watcher Who Created a Comet Sensation, Dies at 68
Alan Hale, who wheeled a telescope out of his New Mexico garage on July 23, 1995, and spotted…
A New Era of Exploring the Universe in Radio
A new telescope — the Next Generation Very Large Array, or ngVLA — is sprouting in New Mexico.…
Rare Comet Appears Over New Zealand, Australia and South Africa
The night skies above the Southern Hemisphere will host a rare visitor over the next two weeks. A…
Sightings of Meteors Surge, and Scientists Aren’t Sure Why
It seems as though stars have been shooting across the heavens far more than usual lately. In March,…