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Diani Beach, Kenya

Ali Barbour's Cave Restaurant

Drink and dine in a coral cave that's at least 120,000 years old.
Comet Wirtanen on December 10, 2018.
astronomy

How to Find 2018’s Brightest Comet

Seeing it for yourself will take some planning and effort.
Anna Kusmer December 11, 2018
Apep appears to be watching us.
astronomy

See the Newly Found, Explosive Star System Named for an Egyptian Snake God

Apep has the right conditions for the biggest known explosion in the universe.
Matthew Taub November 19, 2018
Gastro Obscura

Api Etoile Apple

This star-shaped fruit has been beloved for centuries.
Sri Lanka Planetarium
Colombo, Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka Planetarium

The first and only planetarium in Sri Lanka.
The observatory in the Tatacoa Desert.
observatories

Deep in the Tatacoa Desert, There's an Observatory Unlike Any Other

At his DIY institution in Colombia, Javier Fernando Rua Restrepo watches the stars.
Lucy Sherriff September 26, 2018
The Milky Way visible from the Tatacoa Desert.
Villavieja, Colombia

Tatacoa Astronomia

A self-taught astronomer fell in love with the stars and built his own observatory in Colombia.
Do you see your favorite constellation?
maps

Behold, a Massive Knit Map of the Cosmos

Three colors of yarn, seven panels, and all 88 constellations.
Jessica Leigh Hester September 11, 2018
From the air.
Cachi, Argentina

Ovnipuerto Cachi

A Swiss man built this airstrip for aliens because a UFO captain telepathically told him to.
maps

The Dazzlingly Colorful Atlases That Brought the Night Sky Within Reach

Detailed maps of the heavens weren't just for scholars.
Jessica Leigh Hester July 16, 2018
Most of the stars in the Milky Way are clustered in the bright spot at the center of the plane.
galaxy

Get Lost in This Mind-Blowing Atlas of 1.7 Billion Stars

A new image offers an “all-sky view” of the Milky Way and nearby galaxies.
Jessica Leigh Hester April 27, 2018
A star is born.
telescopes

Behold the Stormy Beauty of Stars Forming

New images from the Hubble Space Telescope capture majestic billows of gas and dust.
Jessica Leigh Hester April 20, 2018
The Kepler-90 system now ties with our solar system in number of planets.
telescopes

Found: An Eighth Planet Orbiting a Far-Flung Star

The discovery of Kepler-90i was made possible with artificial intelligence.
Vittoria Traverso December 15, 2017
The piece contains 3,115 hand-blown glass bulbs
Chicago, Illinois

Lucent

A shining sculpture made of 3,115 lights, the number of visible stars in the Northern Hemisphere.
An image of Kepler's supernova remnant from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory.
astronomy

A Short History of the Supernova, From Ancient China to the New 'Zombie Star'

Going out with a bang.
Vittoria Traverso November 10, 2017
Villavieja, Colombia

Tatacoa Desert

Unparalleled stargazing, one of Colombia's best observatories, and a swimming pool can all be found in the middle of this ancient tropical forest.
<em>Idea dell'Universo</em> Vincenzo Coronelli, Italy, 1683.
maps

An Illustrated Guide to Space Maps

Thousands of years of attempts to understand our place in the cosmos.
Jeremy Berke and Cara Giaimo May 25, 2023