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"This is very likely to bring us closer to discovering the true nature of dark energy. Perhaps it will also bring us closer ...

Ricoh has issued firmware updates to two DSLR cameras, the Pentax K-3 III and Pentax K-3 III Monochrome adding Star AF, Astro ...

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Growing up in Long Beach, California, his parents adhered to a creationist view of the universe. But young Koerner caught ...

Find out how comets are connected to some of our favorite annual astronomy events with November's Night Sky Notes!

The narrow wedge of the zodiacal light (left) reaches nearly to the Milky Way (right) on Nov. 1 from near Kenton, Oklahoma. The zodiacal light stands high in the eastern sky this time of year but ...

Oct. 31, 2024 — The interactions between global climate change and ocean oscillations -- fluctuating cycles in wind and ocean temperatures -- are impacting weather patterns in the Greater Mara ...

A phenomenon, likened to the quick-footed movements of iconic cartoon predator Wile E. Coyote, recently proved a 19-year-old ...

Suzanne Stewart Staff Writer When it came time to name the 59th Jansky Lecturer, the National Radio Astronomy Observatory ...