Usually I don’t write much about deep, “holy grail” objects, but for the Boötes Void, I’ll make an exception. Specifically, I’m wondering what’s the smallest telescope needed to see the galaxies in ...

When looking up at the sky at night, it’s easy to get the impression that the stars go on forever in fairly uniform fashion. We know, of course, that this isn’t the case. Stars coalesce into galaxies, ...

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James is a published author with multiple pop-history and science books to his name. He specializes in history, space, strange science, and anything out of the ordinary.View full profile James is a ...

In the northern night sky, you can sometimes find a foreleg-shaped cluster of stars known as the Boötes (Greek word for "herdsman") constellation. In its vicinity, there is an enormous dark space that ...

Imagine drifting through space in a place so empty that you wouldn’t see a single star, planet, or galaxy in any direction. This is the Boötes Void, one of the largest known empty regions in the ...

Once dismissed as empty expanses between galaxies, cosmic voids are becoming one of the most promising tools for probing the ...

Stare into the night sky and you can’t help being amazed by the sheer scale of the universe. Look for Sirius, the brightest star in the sky. That’s 8.6 light years away. Polaris, the North Star, sits ...

Boötes is the 13th largest constellation in the night sky and contains one of the brightest stars in the sky, Arcturus. Boötes is an ancient Greek word that roughly translates as the ox-driver, or ...

June’s night skies provide excellent opportunities to discover a slice of the evening sky that is largely unsung, unheralded and usually ignored. Daniel Zantzinger / Skywatcher's Guide When, for ...