Such a conjunction is pretty much an astronomical "non-event", since the planet is completely ... of a planet - how large it appears to us on the Earth when viewed through a telescope - depends only ...

At the 244th meeting of the American Astronomical ... on the Chandra X-ray telescope and the European Space Agency’s ...

Well, this Friday, you’ll have a chance to view this rare astronomical phenomenon ... binoculars or a telescope will greatly improve the viewing experience. Mercury and Saturn can also be ...

Such a dramatic cut to a flagship space telescope still in its prime will ... told a crowd of scientists last month at the 245th American Astronomical Society (AAS) meeting in National Harbor ...