Satellites come in all shapes and sizes, but there aren't any that look quite like SPHEREx, an infrared observatory NASA ...

Following a checkout period lasting one month, the observatory – which measures 8.5 feet tall, 10.5 feet across, and weighs 1,107 pounds – will capture a ...

In February 2025, conditions were just right to catch a "planetary party" above the European Southern Observatory's (ESO) ...

NASA has launched its Spectro-Photometer for the History of the Universe, Epoch of Reionization and Ices Explorer (SPHEREx) Observatory and Polarimeter to Unify the Corona and Heliosphere (PUNCH) ...

The $488 million Spherex mission aims to explain how galaxies formed and evolved over billions of years, and how the universe ...

When it starts taking scientific data in 2028, the Square Kilometre Array Observatory promises to be the world’s largest and ...

Clashes between Syrian security forces and gunmen loyal to former President Bashar Assad in the country’s coastal region have ...

The Archenhold Observatory's refracting telescope is a full 21 meters long. Looking through the powerful refractor opens up ...

Los Angeles is a great place for yoga. And only in LA can you do yoga among the graves of famous dead celebrities. Classes run every morning.

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A team of astronomers has uncovered the fastest planetary jetstream ever recorded, ripping across the equator of the giant ...