Earth's moon is both the brightest and the largest object in the night sky, in terms of apparent size, making it a ...

Jupiter, king of our solar system’s planets, continues to dominate the night sky in February. Lying inside the zodiac ...

After full moon, the terminator returns, but this time on the moon's opposite side, where it marks the line of advancing ...

As the night sky unfolds on Saturday, January 24, stargazers are in for a delightful treat. The Moon will be positioned uniquely between a prominent planet and a bright star, creating an extraordinary ...

Steve will always appear to the south of the aurora, and is not part of it. People often get confused with tall purple rays.

Baby names inspired by the stars and planets bring a sense of wonder, beauty, and cosmic significance to your little one’s ...

January new moon brings darker skies and prime stargazing conditions across hemispheres. A new moon takes place when the Sun ...

A talk about Cross-cultural Connections in Polynesia, Mesoamerica, and the Andes by Isabel Hawkins, Ph.D. astronomer and ...

Most of the exoplanets we’ve discovered have been in relatively tight orbits around their host stars, allowing us to track them as they repeatedly loop around them. But we’ve also discovered a handful ...

The sun wanders the Milky Way alone; our star orbits the galaxy’s distant center without any stellar siblings. But it wasn’t always this way. The solar system was very likely born in a tremendous gas ...

New Year’s Eve sky marks the close of 2025 with several clear sights visible after sunset and into the early hours of the new year. The moon, bright planets, and constellations make up the night sky ...