A crescent moon will appear alongside the bright stars Castor and Pollox to form a lopsided grin in the night sky on May 29.

In this episode, Astronomy magazine Editor Dave Eicher invites you to head out a bit later in the evening this time of year to see the Milky Way. Be sure to go out before the Moon comes up.

Question: How does the Cincinnati Observatory qualify as the "Birthplace of American Astronomy?" Answer: The Cincinnati Observatory is known as ‘The Birthplace of American Astronomy’ because ...

The far northern sky holds its richest region in Cassiopeia, a splendid area of bright Milky Way stars and gas. One of the greatest nebulae in the far north is NGC 7635, the Bubble Nebula, so ...

With New Moon occurring late tonight at 11:02 P.M. EDT, today is an excellent opportunity for yet more deep-sky observing. This morning, we’re dipping into the Lagoon Nebula (M8) in Sagittarius.

SpaceX’s colossal Starship rocket and Super Heavy booster are poised to return to action Tuesday evening after the company wrapped up its investigation into the 400-foot-tall vehicle’s eighth ...

Six centuries ago, Admiral Zheng He commanded seven “treasure voyages” around Asia in the halcyon days of China’s Ming Dynasty. His fleet of colossal four-masted wooden junks — the largest ...

From Hubble's vantage ... A new study published in Nature Astronomy, led by Dr. Jie Yu, from the Australian National University, reveals that stars in close binary systems—pairs of stars ...

Credit: Astronomy: Roen Kelly The moonrise and moonset schedule this week The following is adapted from Alison Klesman’s The Sky This Week column. Times for sunrise, sunset, moonrise ...

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We've chosen the best telescopes for viewing the night sky — with options for beginners, pros and anyone who wants to see the cosmos up close. When you purchase through links on our site, we may ...

Apr. 16, 2025 — Why do comets and their meteoroid streams weave in and out of Earth's orbit and their orbits disperse over time? Researchers show that this is not due to the random pull of the ...