07.15.2025 News Local scientists have hand in new telescope in Chile The recent “first look” from the new telescope at the Vera C. Rubin Observatory in Chile has a surprising local connection. Both Steve Bellavia and Justine Haupt of the Custer Institute and Observatory in Southold...
03.07.2024 Environment Comet, Orion and solar eclipse: can’t-miss skywatch A host of exciting celestial events for skywatchers starts with a comet at the beginning of March, the change of the constellation guard as the seasons shift and ending...
08.29.2023 Featured Story ‘Once in a blue moon’ is happening soon The summer’s final full moon arcs across the sky after sunset Wednesday, Aug. 30, and it boasts a plethora of superlatives: blue moon, supermoon and brightest moon of the...