Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. M31, the Andromeda Galaxy, is one of the most spectacular ...

Two newly discovered comets are streaking across the sky in a spectacular display as they make their closest approaches to Earth this month. Comets are made of ice, frozen gases and rock, and as they ...

With the gas giants now close to their best, here are the best refractors, Maksutov-Cassegrain and Schmidt-Cassegrain telescopes to help you see Saturn’s rings and the cloud bands of Jupiter. When you ...

Skygazers, get ready to head outside and spot the supermoon tonight. The full moon will appear on Monday, Oct. 6, and you shouldn't have any trouble seeing it, as it'll be the first of four ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. If you look up at the sky late at night and see clouds of multicolored light swirling in the darkness, you aren't witnessing an alien invasion ...

The only major difference between the sun and the stars we see at night is that the sun happens to be close to us—which is advantageous, assuming you enjoy being alive. Astronomers enjoy this as well ...

How to ‘See’ the 4th Dimension with Topology Mathematician Maggie Miller explores the strange and fascinating world of 4D topology — the study of shapes, or manifolds, that resemble flat Euclidean ...

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