When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. The bright novas V572 Velorum (left) and V462 Lupi (right) are currently visible in the southern ...

The Southern Hemisphere skies have two “new stars” visible to the naked eye. Though they appear as points of light like any other star, each one was caused by a stellar explosion called a nova. They ...

Back in my youth, one of the astronomers I had the good fortune to befriend was the great Bart Bok (1906–1983). This was near the end of his life, long after he had revolutionized our understanding of ...

Mars, though past opposition, remains visible in the evening sky, exhibiting a magnitude of 1.6 and appearing near Spica, but its small apparent size limits telescopic detail. Saturn, approaching ...

The new moon of December occurs tonight. A day later, Southern Hemisphere observers will see the peak of the Phoenicid meteor shower, and on Dec. 4 the waxing moon will make a close pass to Venus in ...

Star trails are the visible imprint of Earth's rotation. As our planet spins around its axis, the stars appear to sweep ...

It can be tempting to hibernate indoors as the days grow shorter and the temperatures drop, but the night sky along the ...

Two comets, Lemmon and SWAN, are visible in the night sky through October 2025. Comet Lemmon will appear green and is best viewed in the northwest sky after sunset. Comet SWAN is dimmer and best ...

CINCINNATI (WKRC) - Skywatchers can catch a glimpse of a one-in-160,000-year comet in January, the brightest of its kind in nearly 20 years. Comet 2024 G3 (ATLAS) was the third comet discovered in ...