The rare celestial occasion, a planetary alignment or planet parade consists of three to five planets and can occur every few ...

Nearly all of the solar system’s planets are about to file across the night sky in a planetary alignment, and it will be ...

A narrow-band image of the sun at a wavelength of λ=588.9nm - that of a well known solar sodium line also known as the "NaD line." The image was acquired during recent first light efforts with the VTF ...

The most powerful solar telescope in the world has recorded a major milestone atop an active volcano in Hawaii, capturing a detailed image of a cluster of sunspots with the telescope's new Visible ...

The rare sighting of multiple planets can be seen from India. But it's not so simple. Read why.

Katelyn Eaman can appreciate the power of the sun better than most. The geology graduate student researches how Mars’ now-barren landscape was carved and transformed by ancient waterways. That water ...

A narrow-band image of the Sun at a wavelength of λ=588.9nm - that of a well known solar sodium line also known as the “NaD line.” The image was acquired during recent first light efforts with the VTF ...

The world's largest solar telescope has reached an important milestone. The data published now were obtained during the technical commissioning of the instrument. The world's largest solar telescope, ...

First Light! The spectro-polarimeter of the world's largest solar telescope in Hawaii looks at the Sun for the first time. The instrument was developed in Germany A narrow-band image of the Sun at a ...

A rare alignment of two exoplanets with their star, marking one of the few known exosyzygies, an astronomical event involving celestial bodies outside our solar system, is expected to occur. Despite ...

The Sky-Watcher Heliostar 76mm H-Alpha Solar Telescope is introduced as an accessible instrument for amateur solar observation, featuring a 76mm f/8.3 objective and an integrated high-performance ...