The Moon passes 2° south of Venus at 1 P.M. EDT. By this evening, they are roughly 6° apart, with the Moon to Venus’ lower left in the sky tonight, instead of the lower right (as it appeared yesterday ...

See the Moon as it looked on July 20, 1969. Plus, check out Comet Tempel 2 as planet Mercury stands still in the sky this ...

Earth’s satellite sits near Regulus in the heart of Leo the Lion this evening, with blazing Venus nearby in the western sky ...

China's asteroid sample-return probe has closed to within 20 kilometers of 469219 Kamoʻoalewa, kicking off its science ...

September’s sky is rich with opportunities. Titan’s shadow continues to transit Saturn. The ringed planet reaches opposition along with Neptune, with both worlds in the same region of the sky. Mars is ...

Look up this evening to find the season’s most famous asterism, the Summer Triangle, with the plane of the Milky Way running ...

Everyone can watch a small moon skim Saturn’s northern pole, while advanced imagers may catch its shadow on the cloud tops.

When massive stars die, they explode, leaving behind supernova remnants. Given how common binary star systems are — more than half the stars in our galaxy have a companion — it stands to reason that ...

The Red Planet passes due north of red giant star Aldebaran in Taurus the Bull. Catch the lovely early-morning view if you’re ...

The European Space Agency telescope’s discovery of 31 ancient quasars gives astronomers their first look at black holes from ...

Starship's 13th flight test targets a Thursday liftoff, a crewed Soyuz heads for the International Space Station, and Skyroot ...

Launched on July 3, NASA's Swift Boost mission aims to save the agency's Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory from a decaying orbit ...