Venus returns as a brilliant evening star in 2026, with dazzling conjunctions, peak brightness and stunning views through the ...

Along with elephants, rhinos, lions and leopards, Cape buffaloes belong to Africa’s Big Five, the special clique of animals ...

Image stabilization transforms shaky 10x magnification into clear, usable views for birding and hiking.

March offers a total lunar eclipse visible on the morning of March 3 Mercury, Venus, and Saturn will be visible near the horizon on March 1 Venus and Saturn will have a close conjunction on March 7 ...

On February 28, 2026, the evening sky will offer a rare celestial geometry: six planets of our Solar system will seem to gather in our visible portion of the starry vault. This "alignment," which ...

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In a move that had friends asking, “Are you seriously going overseas again?” and “Have you considered instead opening a savings account?,” I spent my Christmas on a safari-packed overland camping trip ...

Weeks after a rare interstellar comet made its closest pass to the sun, it will make it’s closest pass to Earth. The comet has traveled billions of miles through other systems in space. Its orbit is ...

This week, Earth will get its best chance to steady an interstellar comet as it makes its closest approach to the planet. Comet 3I/ATLAS will get closest to Earth on Dec. 19, and anyone can get a ...

December brings the longest nights of the year, and with them some fine celestial sights. Far from the neighborhoods’ holiday and street lights, nebulae, star clusters and distant galaxies cross the ...

Hmm, what’s the best thing I can say about this mount? Oh, ya, I have two of them in my home observatory. They’re easy to set up, can carry up to 30 pounds, and track the sky spectacularly well. If ...