One of the strangest nebulae known makes a good target for large scopes. The Bug Nebula, also known as NGC 6302, is a bipolar nebula in Scorpius with a strange, flattened shape set in a rich starfield ...

Edwin Hubble’s work on galaxies is legendary. In 1923 the astronomer, working at Mount Wilson Observatory in California, proved that M31, the “spiral nebula” in Andromeda, was another galaxy. In one ...

We all have egos, whether we choose to acknowledge it or not. And we assess and judge people we feel have more inflated egos than others. The “ego” is the part of the human personality that defines ...

Welcome to the Sparks of Genius Challenge! Welcome to visual observing, to looking and looking again. Source: Robert Root-Bernstein Observing is a primary imaginative skill useful in all walks of life ...

The Oceanography Society (TOS) has awarded the Ocean Observing Team Award to the Global Ocean Ship-Based Hydrographic ...