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A half-lit Moon aligned with the constellation Aquarius and a bright Saturn stole the spotlighton November 27. The scene ...

Local library systems offer everything from Tarot cards to waterproof picnic blankets for cardholders to borrow.

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When a faint green smudge appeared in images from a backyard telescope in Aguadilla, Puerto Rico, on Nov. 22, 2025, astronomers did not expect it to upend basic assumptions about how comets work. Yet ...

A baby galaxy is throwing one heck of a tantrum, and it's shaking up our understanding of the earliest galaxies.

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There's no better time than now to embrace the majesty of the night sky to begin a lifelong journey with amateur astronomy ...

Telescopes like the Vera C. Rubin Observatory and the James Webb Space Telescope have given astronomers unprecedented access to the cosmos, but even these advanced imaging systems come with ...