I pick out North America’s celestial highlights for the week ahead (which also apply to mid-northern latitudes in the ...

Mars shines brightly this week as it reaches opposition, appearing golden-red in the sky near Jupiter. Look for it in the ...

If you’ve been a faithful reader of my Skywatch column, thank you! You also know how much I love the winter constellations ...

Winter skies can be the clearest of the year and the richest in stars. Here are some of the constellations and planets to ...

The moon will pass closely by Jupiter this evening (Jan. 10), meeting up with the gas giant in the constellation Taurus.

Plus: Saturn’s moon Iapetus is visible, our Moon passes the bright star Spica, and Mars skims south of Pollux in Gemini in ...

It will attain a magnitude of -1.4, making it 10,000 times brighter than the average star in the sky. Most interestingly, it ...

For years, Arlene Jurewicz-Leighton taught online courses for science educators. She noticed that her home in Lincolnville ...

The Red Planet comes closest to Earth, disappears behind the Moon in an occultation, and finally reaches opposition in the ...

This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image reveals a tiny patch of sky in the constellation Hydra. The stars and galaxies ...

A Bengaluru-based space startup has made history by giving India the first private earth imaging satellite constellation. The ...