Ralph Waldo Emerson once penned the words “If the stars should appear one night in a thousand years, how would men believe ...

The camera, now bolted to the end of a giant telescope at the Rubin Observatory, is expected to shoot photos of 20 billion galaxies, to be stitched together in broad panoramas giving astronomers ...

With California’s Yosemite Valley far beneath him, Alex Honnold free solos— which means climbing without ropes or safety gear—up a crack on the 3,000-foot southwest face of El Capitan ...

Gigantic dome that ‘looks like an eyeball’ falls from sky, lands on Indiana street during storm By Caitlin McCormack Published June 19, 2025, 9:32 p.m. ET ...

Setup Like most other camping and backpacking tents, there are four parts to the REI Half Dome Plus when you open up the package — tent body, rainfly, poles, stakes. Stake bag, pole bag, rainfly, and ...

8. Curry Village, Yosemite Valley Best for: Valley views Guests staying at the historic Curry Village (1899) will have a stunning view of Half Dome and Sentinel Dome.

Another unique feature inside the Half Dome is the hidden shower. When converting compact vans, builders have to come up with ingenious solutions if they want to include bathroom facilities.

YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK-- The man who fell to his death after climbing to the summit of Half Dome in Yosemite National Park was identified Wednesday as a 23-year-old Los Gatos resident. Ryan Leeder ...

Jupiter and Mars are on display during May evenings. It’s your last chance to grab a good view of Jupiter before it drops out of sight for midsummer. A gathering of planets in the morning sky ...

Best viewed through a telescope. In early May, Mercury, at 0.1 magnitude, is very low in the eastern sky. It rises 50 minutes before the Sun and is a tough object to view through a telescope.

A starry sky in a work of art often catches Olson's eye—he is an astronomer, after all—and starts him thinking about how he might identify the stars and just when they were captured.

April is Global Astronomy Month, so if there were ever a time to go stargazing, it’s now. Since light pollution prevents most of us from getting a good view of the night sky at home, why not celebrate ...