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No telescope has basked in the night sky quite like the enormous new Vera Rubin Observatory. Here's what it could reveal ...

This month's night sky is filled with close-range meteors, swirling nebulas, and prime stargazing conditions. Here’s when you should be looking up.

Hubble and its fellow observatories give us an unprecedented, crystal-clear look at the far reaches of the cosmos. Explore these orbiting pioneers and learn what they've discovered.

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Featuring never-before-seen views of galaxies and more than 2,100 newly discovered asteroids, the observations are only a ...

May’s night sky is packed with astronomical events—find out when and where to look for meteor showers, ancient star clusters, and a rare cosmic lineup. SCIENCE 9 reasons to look up this May ...

At the heart of the new Vera C. Rubin Observatory is a digital camera that will create an unparalleled map of the cosmos.

(Explore the National Geographic Kids’ space hub.) Skywatching tools. All you really need is a view of the night sky and your eyes. But binoculars and inexpensive telescopes can enhance the ...

Ideally, telescopes have wide fields-of-view (so they can see big patches of the sky), high resolution vision (so fine details pop out of photographs) and high sensitivity, so even the faintest ...

National Geographic ... sometimes with a telescope ... Baldwin steam locomotive—once used to haul logging freight—the Oregon Coast Moonlight Train offers a chance to view the night sky ...