How far can the naked eye see?
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Star gazing Also in this week's column:â¦
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By PHILP, Matt  A spectacular visitor to the heavens has more of us than usual reflecting on the mysteries of the universe. MATT PHILP joins the crowds looking skywards.   On the shores of the unknown -- or, at least, Upper Cashmere -- people are massing.
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Some black holes may not be black at all, but "naked singularities."
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A telescope arms race is taking shape around the world. Astronomers are drawing up plans for the biggest, most powerful instruments ever constructed, capable of peering far deeper into the universe Â and further back in time Â than ever before.
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Soon you'll have the ability to pinpoint a car's or a person's location to within less than three inches using handheld devices.
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A tiny electrical implant that attaches to the retina may someday restore partial sight to millions of patients blinded by age-related macular degeneration, U.S. researchers said on Thursday.
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Screens you can use in the sunshine, anyone? NEC has extended its range of LCD panels that can be read even in bright sunlight even closer to standard notebook screen sizes, bringing closer, we hope, the day when we can use laptops outdoors without having to squint like crazy.â¦
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An &quot;electronic eye&quot; that can be fitted to a pair of glasses could help the blind cross roads more safely, scientists said on Friday.
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Astronomers have yet to find an Earth-size planet beyond our solar system, but that hasn&#39;t stopped them from modeling what these worlds might look like.
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Take a walk on a clear, dark night far from city lights and be prepared to be awed by a sky blanketed with stars of various magnitudes, the Milky Way's wispy arm and brilliant planets.
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WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. - In 1985, Brian Calen claimed he was blinded in the right eye in a cruise ship accident. Seven years later, he said a ship's telescope blinded him again. Then, he said, he was blinded on two more trips - by a champagne bottle and a flying disc. All in the same eye.
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A new NASA space telescope will give scientists a peek at some of the most energetic objects and events in the universe. The new Gamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope to be launched next spring doesn't see visible light like our eyes, but gamma rays, the most energetic photons in the electromagnetic spectrum.
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The most important rule at this remote vacation spot is simple: no white light. Even a sliver of the pupil-contracting rays coming from the window of a cabin at Deerlick Astronomy Village could ruin a neighbor's view of the Milky Way. The 96-acre village in rural Taliaferro County in eastern Georgia is designed for amateur stargazers looking for total darkness and wide-open spaces to build weekend homes.
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NASA -- Catching this week's comet is as easy as flipping the switch on your computer.     As of today, a comet is visible within the live images sent back from a spacecraft stationed one million miles away...
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WASHINGTON - There's a new option for people who suffer from extreme nearsightedness, whose world loses its crisp edge just a few inches from their noses. The first implantable lens for nearsightedness was approved Monday by the Food and Drug Administration...
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HILO, Hawai&#39;i - A new camera at the United Kingdom Infrared Telescope atop Mauna Kea will be able to capture images 3,600 times larger that those taken by the camera on the Hubble Space Telescope, astronomers said.
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When Venus crossed the Sun June 8, showing up as a clear black dot to the delight of millions of skywatchers around the world, astronomers noted something less obvious: The amount of sunlight reaching Earth dipped by 0.1 percent for a few hours.