Sky & Telescope Announces Subscription Access to Website
On September 2nd, Sky & Telescope is launching subscription access to our online articles. Subscribe to get full digital access to the website and magazine! The post Sky & Telescope …
Magic: The Gathering has gone to space, so we talked to an astrophysicist about the striking art in ‘Edge of Eternities’ (exclusive)
Magic: The Gathering (MTG) has fascinated millions – us included – for decades now. On top of being a fantastic collectible card game that’s always refreshing its mechanics, the dense …
Witness the World’s Biggest Telescope Rising Under a Sky Full of Stars
At the Paranal Observatory in Chile, the UT4 telescope doesn’t just observe the stars—it actively creates artificial stars to combat atmospheric interference. By shooting powerful lasers into the sky, the …
Astronomy Cast: Ep. 759: The Commercial Space Program
Jun 16, 2025 Astronomy Cast Ep. 759: The Commercial Space Program By Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay Streamed live on Jun 9, 2025. Humanity has turned its focus back …
All space rocks great and small
A meteorite older than Earth flew through a roof last month. On July 27, a meteorite survived its trip through the atmosphere and smashed through the roof of a house in McDonough, …
This Week's Sky at a Glance, August 29 – September 7
Jupiter, Venus, and Mercury continue at dawn. The evening Moon meets Saturn while Fomalhaut looks on. Saturn’s own biggest moon casts its shadow onto the planet, for one of the …
Astronomers discover a ‘forbidden’ pulsar fleeing a supernova in a seemingly empty region of the Milky Way
Astronomers have discovered an extraordinary celestial system containing a runaway pulsar fleeing the scene of a massive stellar supernova explosion. What makes this system even more spectacular is the fact …
Did Pluto Steal Charon with a “Kiss” ? The Surprising Story
A team from the University of Arizona has made a startling new discovery about the formation of Pluto and its moon. Published in Nature Geoscience, the study presents a bold …
What to Look For This Summer
Jun 23, 2025 Astronomy Cast Ep. 760: What to Look For This Summer By Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay Streamed live on Jun 16, 2025. It’s almost time for …
China eyes Saturn’s icy moon Enceladus in the…
Tianwen-2 launched in late May this year to conduct an asteroid sample return mission and then head to a main-belt comet. Further confirmed missions include Tianwen-3, the world’s first Mars sample …