Welcome to “Observing fall deep-sky objects with a large telescope.” Today I’ll be telling you about 10 of my favorite autumn deep-sky objects, with suggestions for viewing them. I hope you’ll enjoy ...

Creating a mental image of a synchronicity requires that the person’s observing self notices two or more events with similar patterns and that the likelihood of their occurring together appears to be ...

Earth got its first artificial satellite 60 years ago, when the 1957 launch of a beeping ball named Sputnik kicked off the Space Age. Thousands of other, fancier satellites have followed since, and ...

Studying complex environmental systems, such as atmospheric chemistry and climate, requires a global, long-term view—the view from a satellite. “You can have access to regions that are very, very ...

Bird watching involves observing birds, with or without binoculars or telescopes or listening to the sound of birds. It can be done within the confines of your homes by looking through a window or in ...

One of the strangest nebulae known makes a good target for large scopes. The Bug Nebula, also known as NGC 6302, is a bipolar nebula in Scorpius with a strange, flattened shape set in a rich starfield ...