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Four “bright” members of the Boötes Void hover around 15th magnitude. Each field measures 5' on one side. Credit: Digital sky survey

Deep-Sky Objects, Observing

The Boötes Void is a ‘holy grail’ of astronomy

Artist's rendition of asteroid Psyche

Could Psyche be the core of the planetesimal that struck Earth and formed the Moon?

I captured the Eagle Nebula (M16) at the 2019 Texas Star Party using a borrowed SBIG STF-8300M and Baader 8nm Hα/OIII/SII filters on my Takahashi FSQ106N. Recognize those pillars at the center?

Astrophotography, Observing Basics

How to take Hubble-like photos: Filters and post-processing guide

Celestron has upgraded the Pro models in its line of SkyMaster Porro binoculars with ED glass lenses and larger prisms. This review covers the 20x80mm model.

Telescopes and Equipment

Celestron’s SkyMaster binoculars reviewed

The expanding universe

How can the visible universe be 46 billion light-years in radius when the universe is only 13.8 billion years old?

Telescopes and Equipment

Explore the sky with Celestron’s autoguider

Merging black holes

When black holes merge, is the diameter of the new black hole bigger?

Painted in 1690 by Thomas Murray, this portrait features young Edmond Halley holding a paper with a diagram of an elliptical orbit.

Science, Solar System

Edmond Halley: The man behind the comet

This view of Earth rising over the Moon's horizon was taken from the Apollo 11 spacecraft. Credit: NASA.

Human Spaceflight, Science

Why do pictures of Earth taken from the Moon show a black sky with no stars?

The Orion Arm hangs in the sky over the Okie-Tex Star Party in this two-minute exposure taken at ISO 3200. All images were shot with an astromodified Canon EOS 6D and 16–35mm f/2.8 zoom lens unless otherwise noted. Credit: Adrian Bradley

Astrophotography

Chasing nightscapes: Tips for taking wide-field shots of the land and sky

Now far from the Sun in the outer solar system, the strange interstellar object known as ‘Oumuamua is depicted here as it’s approached by a questing spacecraft. Project Lyra is hoping to launch such a craft to explore our first known visitor from another solar system and provide the detailed study scientists desperately seek.

Exotic Objects, Space Exploration

‘Oumuamua: Can we catch an interstellar interloper?

An Apollo 15 image of Lambert Crater with Mons Undset to its west (right, where we've added a circle) casting a pyramidal shadow. Mons Undset was named for novelist Sigrid Undset. Credit: NASA

The mystery of a pyramid-like mountain on the Moon missing its name