The Giant Planet resembles a majestic golden star, and stands high in the southwest at nightfall during April; it sets around ...

In this episode, Astronomy magazine Editor Dave Eicher invites you to head out and use just your eyes to make a giant figure ...

On April evenings, look to the west to spot the bright winter constellations of Orion, Gemini, Taurus, Auriga, Canis Major and Canis Minor. They’ll be gone soon, so check them out while you can.

At the start of March, Mercury and Venus lay in the west after sunset. Now both have passed between us and the Sun into the ...

Discover the brightest stars in the Earth’s sky. The brightest star in the sky is, of course, the Sun, the closest to us (150 million kilometers, or 8 light-minutes away) and the one around ...

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Astronomers have been watching a small constellation in the night sky, waiting for a nearby binary star system to explode. The wait may finally be over ...