The Moon passes just 0.4° south of Virgo the Maiden's bright alpha star, Spica, early on the morning of May 10.

I) Leo is a springtime constellation in the Northern Hemisphere. It lies south of the Big Dipper, the most recognized ...

Often bucking tradition, these women sought knowledge of the universe and reimagined the way we view the cosmos.

A remnant of the Soviet Venus program, Kosmos 482 has stayed aloft in in Earth's orbit for 53 years. But it may make a return ...

A bright Moon dominates the sky, passing two bright stars as Juno reaches opposition and Mercury dips toward the horizon in ...

Asteroid 9 Metis reaches opposition in the constellation Libra. The main-belt world is visible all night, and best positioned ...

Today I want to talk about something beginning observers tend to overlook. It a process of the human eye called dark ...

The most recent measurement of a nearby galaxy cluster is deepening a disagreement about how fast the universe is expanding — ...

This strange nebula, which sports a very long name, was discovered in 1977 and has changed dramatically over time.

The Swan Nebula (M17) glides through the early-morning sky near the border that Sagittarius shares with Scutum and Serpens ...

Fabricius noted the brightness of Mira on August 3, 1596. But when he observed it on the 21st of that month, it was a ...

Venus and Saturn shine before dawn, with Neptune tucked between them — see if you can spot the ice giant with binoculars or a ...