SHREVEPORT, La. (KTAL/KMSS) — Shreveport-Bossier residents can enjoy a new program called ‘Telescopes on Tap’ at Great Raft Brewing, where they can view planets and constellations with smart telescopes and learn about astronomy trivia and prizes.

In just some of many celestial highlights of August 2025, stargazers peeped a "planet parade" and caught a rare Venus and Jupiter conjunction, with plenty more dazzling displays in the night sky to come. The brightest of the planets, Jupiter has slowly ...

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Fresh off the excitement of the Perseids meteor shower is a chance to see six planets lined up in the sky at once. These events, colloquially known as planet parades, only occur about once or twice a year, with the most recent one in February showing off ...

Just how big would a telescope need to be to actually see an alien world in detail? The James Webb Telescope just took a photo of a newly discovered exoplanet. Exciting stuff but the raw image just looks like a small, faint dot—not a fully detailed world.

One of the boldest dreams in modern astronomy is the search for Earth-like worlds beyond our solar system. These exoplanets may hold oceans, rocky ground, and even atmospheres rich in oxygen or ozone—conditions that hint at life. If such planets orbit ...