The Full Moon typically ruins deep-sky imaging, but the right processing can bring out fainter targets. Here are some expert ...

The brightening Moon now sits to the left of Spica tonight, helping guide the way to Libra’s lovely double star, ...

New research suggests a giant impact may not have been responsible for the formation of Jupiter’s core. Most planetary ...

Today in the history of astronomy, Mars comes within a record-breaking distance of Earth.

Astronomers have imaged a huge expanding bubble of gas and dust surrounding a red supergiant star — the largest such bubble ...

SpaceX Starship launch delay pushes the 10th test flight. Get details on the scrub, a Blue Origin delay, and a recap of last ...

A thin crescent Moon appears in the evening sky, visible for a short time after sunset in the constellation Virgo, near Mars ...

Throughout the Earth’s precessional cycle, different stars serve as a pole star, including Thuban, Kochab, Polaris, and Vega.

Born on Aug. 26, 1918, in West Virginia, Katherine Goble Johnson showed exceptional aptitude for mathematics from an early ...

In this episode, Astronomy magazine Editor Dave Eicher invites you to head out on the evening of August 26 and observe the ...

Matter-antimatter asymmetry puzzles physicists. Learn how the Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment (DUNE) may find answers.

The waning Moon passes Jupiter, Venus, and Mercury before dawn, while Titan’s shadow transits Saturn in the sky this week.