On the evening of August 12, 2026, a group of about 50 Astronomy readers witnessed a terrific and mesmerizing total solar ...

The 2026 total solar eclipse reaches Iceland and Spain on August 12. Astronomy magazine’s Senior Editor Alison Klesman is on the ground in Iceland and Editor Emeritus Dave Eicher is in Spain — follow ...

New Moon brings a total solar eclipse, while some of the U.S. sees a partial eclipse and the Perseids peak after dark.

AI’s appetite for power and water is growing as fast as its role in daily life. In 2024, artificial intelligence data centers accounted for roughly 4% of the U.S.’s electricity consumption. This ...

Venus is set to reach dichotomy today, so take the chance to view it half-lit through a telescope in the evening sky.

A Long March 7A breaks apart less than two minutes after liftoff, and SpaceX runs its routine Starlink cadence from both ...

As Gemini rises shortly before the Sun this morning, the planet Mercury is just over 7° due south of the constellation’s beta star, Pollux. An hour before sunrise, nearly all of Gemini has cleared the ...

The waning Moon steps up to form a triangle in the early-morning sky with two distant planets: Saturn and Neptune.

A total eclipse of the Sun coincides with the peak of the annual Perseid shower, plus Venus reaches dichotomy in the sky this ...

Mars and the crescent Moon hang together in the early-morning sky, straddling the border of Gemini and Taurus.

Saturn’s two-toned moon Iapetus passes through superior conjunction, sitting just south of the ringed world this morning.

The Moon passes in front of the stars of the Pleiades, visible in the eastern U.S., while distant ice giant Uranus hangs ...