The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) and the long-lived Hubble Space Telescope (HST) have been providing amazing images to earthbound viewers for some time now. Along with other instruments, these ...

On the day of the 2025 autumnal equinox, the sun rises almost exactly due east and sets to the west. The months that follow will see cooler temperatures set in as the northern hemisphere receives less ...

Each Monday, I pick out North America’s celestial highlights for the week ahead (which also apply to mid-northern latitudes in the Northern Hemisphere).

Michigan missed out on a recent "blood moon" lunar eclipse, but just after the official start of fall the year's first supermoon will rise in the night sky. The harvest moon is the first of three ...

The weather seems to have skipped a month as the oppressive heat of summer fades into the past, and that’s OK with me. Unfortunately, the last days of summer also bring us to the most rapid loss of ...

Bright nighttime skies are on the way in Michigan as the year's first full supermoon will rise in the sky Monday, astronomers ...

This year, the full moon in September was the "Corn Moon," the name it is given when it isn't the full moon closest to the fall equinox. Here's what North Carolina stargazers - and astronomy fans ...

Celebrate the autumn equinox with an evening of science, beer, and fun! Join us for two fascinating talks by WashU researchers: “How to Spot an Alien?” — Mikhail Tikhonov (Associate Professor) will ...

This month’s full moon, called the Harvest moon due to its proximity to the autumnal equinox, will reach peak illumination at 8:47 p.m. PDT on Monday, Oct. 6, according to the Old Farmer’s Almanac.

Astronomy enthusiasts, mark September 21st on your calendars. Saturn will be at its closest and brightest, visible to the naked eye. NASA says Venus a ...