Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Photographer Alan Dyer observes the star clusters Messier 7 and Messier 6 near the horizon above Montana’s Sweetgrass Hills—two of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Amateur astronomers had 12 spectacular new images to look to during this year's Messier marathon, a skywatching challenge that ...

The Messier marathon is an activity that’s been popular with astronomy clubs since the 1980s. It’s a test of endurance and skill to view each of the 109 deep-sky objects in French comet-hunter Charles ...

Telescopes 4 inches or less in diameter are portable, easy to use, and great beginner instruments. Here, I’ll walk through some of the objects you can see this summer using a small telescope. The ...