Plus: Saturn’s moon Iapetus is visible, our Moon passes the bright star Spica, and Mars skims south of Pollux in Gemini in ...
from stars and constellations to bright planets, the moon, and sometimes special events like meteor showers. Observing the night sky can be done with no special equipment, although a sky map ...
A once-in-a-lifetime comet is approaching the sun — and it will be visible for the first time in 160,000 years. The comet ...
Six planets will form a rare planetary alignment in the night sky on Jan. 21; here is everything you need to know about the ...
The telescope will catalogue billions of new objects and produce a new map of the entire night sky every three days with the ...
The six planets will be visible in the days immediately leading up to Jan. 21, and for about four weeks afterward. Mars, ...
The European Space Agency's Milky Way-mapper Gaia has completed the sky-scanning phase of its mission, racking up more than 3 ...
On Jan. 9, skywatchers can watch the dark limb of the 82%-illuminated waxing gibbous moon creep across this beloved star ...