The ringed world’s brightest moon is passing north of its parent planet overnight tonight, making it particularly easy to ...

From the Crab Nebula to the Orion Nebula, these 10 winter deep-sky objects are easy to find and perfect targets for small ...

The waning Moon passes through Cancer, sharing the constellation with both Mars and the Beehive Cluster (M44).

The University of Wisconsin-Madison physicist and IceCube Neutrino Observatory principal investigator won the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences' top honor for catching "ghost particles" from the ...

This artist’s conception illustrates one of the most primitive supermassive black holes known (central black dot) at the core of a young, star-rich galaxy. Astronomers using NASA’s Spitzer Space ...

Saturn reaches opposition this month, Neptune lingers near Saturn, Mars transits the Beehive, and Jupiter is occulted by the ...

A crescent Moon passing in front of our solar system’s largest planet is a rare and brilliant sight. Here's how to see it for ...

Early on the 6th, our satellite passes in front of the solar system’s largest planet in a relatively rare event.

The September Full Moon rules the skies this evening. Because it is the Full Moon closest to the equinox, it is called the ...

Extragalactic globular clusters millions of light-years away are hiding in your astroimages. Here’s how to find them.

The ringed planet reaches opposition and the Moon occults Jupiter in a rare event not to be missed in the sky this week.

The ringed planet is now at its best for the year, reaching opposition in the constellation Cetus and shining all night.