Go outside right now. What’s the farthest thing you can see? A tree? A bird? What about the Moon? It’s 250,000 miles away. The Sun is 400 times farther than that, at nearly 100 million miles (but ...

The lunar terminator, the sunset/sunrise line that sweeps across the Moon’s surface as the Moon orbits Earth, travels at a rate of 9.6 mph (15.4 km/h) along our satellite’s equator. Taking the average ...

For backyard astronomers, the promise of image-stabilized binoculars is simple: sharper, steadier views of the night sky without a tripod. The question is whether that extra stability, and the ...

Spring means it’s time to look up into our night sky and find one of the oldest objects in our galaxy: the M3 Cluster. NASA and other sky experts call this group of ancient stars “a truly distant ...

The practice of using a device to project an image of the Sun is thousands of years old. But if using a pinhole doesn’t give the image quality you want, then try this project. The final image will ...

Looking to escape the daily grind of city life? Just craving some quiet? Camping is your ticket to a breath of fresh air in the great outdoors, whether you're car camping or going full-on backpacking, ...

I had met Buzz the night before, when it was dark and the rental car was hung up in the snow. He was like a lot of good Western hunting guides I’ve known—not especially friendly at first, but capable.

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The free-to-use binoculars form part of Digital Ipswich, funded through the UK Government’s Towns Fund. Ipswich is the first town in the UK to offer this type of immersive, street-based augmented ...

Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to ...