Jupiter reaches its best apparition in a decade for northern observers and offers a wealth of detail. Joining in late evening is brilliant Mars, now a month from opposition. Saturn is visible in ...

Grand opening events are taking place this week at The Space Store’s new retail location in downtown Chattanooga.

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In this episode, Dave Eicher invites you to observe the Geminid meteor shower, which will peak during the early morning hours ...

Using one spacecraft to block the Sun and another to observe, the pair will fly in tandem with millimeter-level precision.