Saturn and Neptune reach opposition, looking their best for the year. Jupiter and Venus shine bright before dawn, as does the ...

On Aug. 31, 1913, Alfred Charles Bernard Lovell was born in England. When he was 15, a school trip to hear a lecture on ...

SpaceX Starship achieves its first payload deployment, overcoming past failures and advancing the mission toward Mars ...

The ringed planet shows off several moons, Venus hangs with the Beehive, and Mercury passes Regulus in the sky this week.

Today in the history of astronomy, the third asteroid is discovered – although astronomers aren’t calling it that yet.

The brightening Moon now sits to the left of Spica tonight, helping guide the way to Libra’s lovely double star, ...

German astronomer Gottfried Kirch discovered the Wild Duck Cluster in 1681. Messier made it his 11th catalog entry May 30, ...

The Full Moon typically ruins deep-sky imaging, but the right processing can bring out fainter targets. Here are some expert ...

Saturn’s two-toned moon, Iapetus, sits 9.5’ west of the planet and shines at its brightest, offering a good chance to spot it.

New research suggests a giant impact may not have been responsible for the formation of Jupiter’s core. Most planetary scientists thought that a colossal collision with an early planet containing half ...

Iapetus is nearly at western elongation, now 10th magnitude and standing in line with Saturn’s other bright moons today.