Today is Sunday, Jan. 18, the 18th day of 2026 with 347 to follow. The moon is new. Morning stars are Jupiter, Mercury and ...

On 1970, NASA cancelled the Apollo 20 moon mission. This came just six months after Apollo 11 astronauts Buzz Aldrin and Neil Armstrong became the first people to ever set foot on the moon. Instead of ...

On Jan. 17, 1995, a powerful earthquake rocked Kobe, Japan, and the surrounding area, killing about 5,500 people.

There’s a giant, peanut-shaped object orbiting the Sun, and it’s name is Halley’s comet. Like all comets, it’s a cosmic ...

Stargazers will in one week have a chance to spot Saturn and the moon sharing a section of the night sky in what's known as a ...

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

Florida is home to 3 dark sky locations that may offer the clearest views of a planetary conjunction between Saturn and the ...

Unfortunately for planet hunters, Mercury, Venus and Mars are all too close to the sun to observe; they will come out of the ...

A planetary conjunction, with the moon and Saturn will occur overnight Jan. 23, NASA said. The rendezvous is what's known in astronomy as a conjunction, and it presents spectators with a rare ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. Skywatchers after something special for Christmas night are ...

Across the span of 1671 through 1684, Italian-French astronomer Giovanni Cassini discovered four moons of Saturn while working under the patronage of King Louis XIV. Cassini collectively named the ...