You can't miss dazzling Venus in the west after darkness falls. It's the 3rd brightest object in the sky, after the sun and moon. But why is Venus so bright?
Visible planets and night sky guide for February 2025. Tonight, look for the waxing gibbous moon close to the Sickle asterism in the constellation Leo the Lion.
Lightsails for star travel sound like the stuff of science fiction. But researchers at Caltech have been studying the properties of potential lightsails in the lab.
The Hughes fire is currently moving through LA county. It ignited northwest of Los Angeles on Wednesday morning and has spread across more than 10,000 acres.
Orion the Hunter is one of the easiest constellations to identify thanks to Orion's Belt, the 3 medium-bright stars in a short, straight row at his waist.
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