Tools found here have been carbon-dated to 2900–2600 BC, meaning this was a place where an ancient people lived their lives by the stars overhead. OM Dark Sky Park and Observatory opened in 2020 and ...

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You can see the bright bundle of ice and dust until Oct. 24 by using binoculars or a telescope in a dark environment, NASA ...

This summer, Saturn was the only planet in the night sky for viewing by visitors to Hobbs Observatory, but it is a ...

Coloradans looking to the west in the early evening hours this week have the chance of spotting an ancient marvel not seen ...

It was very exciting to be able to see it. We had been hearing so much about it on the news,” Lanouette said. ”We have seen ...

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Comets that are visible to the naked eye are not common,” said Tim Brothers, the manager for the MIT Wallace Astrophysical ...

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This article is part of Astonishing artifacts, a regular series on Live Science that gives us new insight into how our ancestors lived.

At a temple site, the remains of an ancient Egyptian astronomical observatory were uncovered. The discovery was made by the ...