NASA’s SPHEREx space telescope has mapped the entire sky in 102 infrared colors for the first time, revealing cosmic secrets ...

NASA's SPHEREx has mapped the entire sky in 102 infrared colors, revealing hidden details about galaxies and the early ...

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Any space-loving backyard astronomer should have a trusted sky map to reference when stargazing or peering through the viewfinder of their telescope, and app developers have stepped up to offer a wide ...

NASA has just turned the entire sky into a kind of infrared rainbow, capturing it in 102 distinct colors that reveal ...

Space telescopes are typically optimized either to study a small patch of the sky across many wavelengths of light or to ...

Beginner star atlases show stars visible without a telescope. They typically include the 109 Messier objects and other bright deep-sky objects. Many beginner atlases show stars up to magnitude 6.5.

Mars will be brighter in the sky than usual on Friday, brighter than it has appeared in 15 years. To see the red planet, you’ll want a stargazing app that can help you to view “Mars at opposition,” ...

Once you know how to use a star map, finding your way around the night sky is easy. Credit: Creators.com illustration I’ve been finding my way around the night sky with a star map for more than six ...