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Observable Space wins contract after successful venture funding
Saturday, May 30, 2026 by Richard Harris
Observable Space grew out of PlaneWave Instruments and is known in the astronomy community for building some of the finest amateur and observatory class telescopes. Today the company also develops optical systems for laser communications and space domain awareness. It has raised $90 million dollars ...
Every broadcast Earth has sent into deep space
Thursday, May 21, 2026 by Ben Conway
Right now, at this exact moment, an invisible sphere of human noise is expanding outward from Earth at the speed of light. Inside that growing shell are fragments of nearly everything modern civilization has ever broadcast into the air. Old television stations. Cold War radar sweeps. Military tra...
76th Annual MSRAL Convention: June 2026 Astronomy Event in St. Charles
Thursday, April 23, 2026 by Richard Harris
Mid-States Region Astronomical League Announces 76th Annual Conference in Missouri The Astronomical Society of Eastern Missouri will host the 76th Annual Mid-States Region of the Astronomical League Convention, bringing together amateur and professional astronomers from across the region for a th...
Back to the Moon
Saturday, April 4, 2026 by Richard Harris
I never get tired of the Moon. Not because it is mysterious or because it needs a story to make it worth looking at. I get tired of plenty of things. The Moon is not one of them. If you have ever pointed a telescope at the terminator line and watched craters snap into contrast, you already know w...