Chris Stockdale first became interested in outer space during the 1960s and built his own observatory Lexi Lane is a weekend banking writer at PEOPLE. She first joined as a member of the PEOPLE App ...
A gas giant the size of Jupiter, yet even heavier and denser, has captured the attention of astronomers across the world. This planet, now confirmed and named TOI-4465 b, lies roughly 400 light-years ...
While JWST reveals the ancient universe billions of years old, SkyMapper focuses on today’s changing cosmos — tracking near-Earth asteroids, meteors, comets, satellites, and transient events that ...
One man discovered over 100 exoplanets, all from the comfort of his backyard. Chris Stockdale, who lives in Victoria, Australia, has a backyard observatory, which includes a "telescope mounted on a ...
His passion for astronomy began in the 1960s, inspired by the Apollo program and early morning comet viewings with his father Stockdale received the 2026 Berenice and Arthur Page Medal for his ...