Astronomy day 2025 is upon us! To celebrate, we've picked six targets to emphasize the variety and scale of objects visible in the night sky that will make for a beautiful and rewarding sight, whether ...

The nights following Sept. 12 are a great time to observe the shifting play of light over the vast Montes Apenninus mountain range, which covers a swathe of the lunar surface a little south of the ...

If you’ve ever wanted to see a chunk of the early solar system with your own eyes, now’s your chance. The comet C/2025 A6, commonly called Comet Lemmon, is currently on approach with the inner solar ...

On the night of Oct. 27, 1965, a new 16-inch telescope situated in a new observatory on the campus of Colorado State University drew its very first light from its first observed object, the planet ...

The idea of spending my evenings along the river peering into the heavens sounded fun, so I added a Hestia to my pack. Here’s how it went.

On September 5th, the constellation Camelopardalis, containing Kemble's Cascade and NGC 1502, will be visible in the northern sky after 11 PM local daylight time. Uranus will become stationary on ...

Wondering what's happening with the moon tonight? Wonder no more, keep reading to find out where we are in the lunar cycle. The lunar cycle a series of eight unique phases of the moon's visibility.

A giant space rock the size of New York's Chrysler Building will make a close pass by Earth Thursday, and it could get even closer in the future.

The comet, named 3I/ATLAS, is only the third confirmed interstellar object ever seen in our solar system. That means it came from another star system entirely. At first, some speculated it could be an ...