Comet 10P/Tempel, also called Tempel 2, is continuing to brighten in the early-morning sky. Rising around midnight and visible until the sky streaks with dawn, two hours before sunrise on April 27 you ...
After passing south of Mars late on the 19th, Mercury passes 0.5° south of Saturn at 4 A.M. EDT this morning. Mars will later pass 1.3° north of Saturn at 2 P.M. EDT. This trio of planets congregates ...
NASA’s Lucy spacecraft visited the asteroid 52246 Donaldjohanson on April 20, 2025, coming within 600 miles (920 kilometers) of the object located in the inner region of the asteroid belt between Mars ...
Before we lose sight of Canis Major in the nighttime sky, get in a last good look at the Big Dog’s famous double star, 145 Canis Majoris, sometimes called the Winter Albireo. Two hours after sunset, ...
The Artemis 2 mission that flew astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch, and Jeremy Hansen around the Moon for the first time in more than 50 years is returning to Earth today.
While Comets Wierzchoś and Tempel 2 are faint, there’s a breakout star in the early-morning sky that’s cracked naked-eye visibility: Comet C/2025 R3 (PanSTARRS). Recently recorded at mid-5th magnitude ...
Last Quarter Moon occurs today at 12:52 A.M. EDT. A few hours after sunset, Hercules the Strongman is rising above the eastern horizon. As this constellation returns to the evening sky, it carries ...
Credit: X-ray: NASA/CXC/SAO; ESA/XMM-Newton; Optical HST: NASA/ESA/STScI; Optical Ground: Deep Space Remote observatories/B. Fera and S. Mandel; ESO/VLT As odd couples go, it’s tough to beat the ...
Moments after the crew of Artemis 2 broke the spaceflight record for the farthest humans have ever been from Earth, the crew shared an emotional moment, proposing to name a crater on the Moon after ...
After orbiting the Earth twice, four astronauts have officially begun their four-day journey to the moon. Friday marks the start of flight day three for NASA’s historic Artemis 2 mission, which is ...
After rounding the Sun in January, Comet C/2024 E1 (Wierzchoś) is now headed back out to the depths of the solar system. This may be your last chance to see it, too, especially as it’s fading fast ...
The Moon passes 5° north of Mercury at 3 P.M. EDT. Although the pair rises only shortly before the Sun, the Moon’s visibility and Mercury’s brightness may allow you to spot them. You’ll only have a ...
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