Over the past seven decades, thousands of sophisticated spacecraft have been launched on ambitious missions to look down on our planet, explore the wonders of our star's domain, or venture into the ...

They have been there for millennia, before the earth was born, taking light years to reach us. For all you know, that shining ...

Look for the three stars that make up the distinctive formation of Orion's Belt — Alnitak, Alnilam and Mintaka — shining ...

A rare opportunity to see not one but two comets awaits skygazers this October. We show where and how to view them.

The Adirondack Sky Center & Observatory is thrilled to be your guide to the skies. In this column, I’ll be clarifying some of ...

Comets SWAN and Lemmon will both swing by Earth and appear bright in the sky near the end of October. Here’s how to see them.

The gravitational lensing that causes this rare phenomenon cannot be explained solely by looking at observable ...

For decades, astronomers have been awed by Saturn’s ring beauty. But a tiny, icy wanderer drifting between Saturn and Uranus ...

Sky This Week is brought to you in part by Celestron. Friday, October 24The Moon passes 0.5° south of Antares at 9 P.M. EDT.

Tonight, the Moon will pass close to bright Jupiter, offering stargazers a striking and easily visible sight. This naked-eye event will make two of the night sky’s brightest objects appear side by ...

The exoplanet, dubbed GJ 251 c, is at least four times larger than our own planet and is likely to be a rocky world located ...

A new comet was discovered last month. Now, as we go through this month, the comet may become easier to view. The new comet was discovered by a sky imaging instrument called SWAN. SWAN stands for ...