The Red Planet meets the solar system’s most massive world early this morning as they two float among the stars of Gemini.

Mars stands within 1° of the open cluster M35 in the early-morning sky of the 14th. Both are located at the feet of Gemini the Twins, after Mars crossed into the constellation from Taurus just two ...

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

In the evening sky, Venus is reaching dichotomy, the moment when it is exactly half-lit. You’ll find magnitude –4.4 Venus some 20° high in the west as the Sun sets. It’s so bright, it will be the ...

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 ...

This morning is the perfect time to catch some Perseid meteors as they stream across the dark sky in the hours before dawn.

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

Mars stands within 1° of the open cluster M35 in the early-morning sky. Both are located at the feet of Gemini the Twins, after Mars crossed into the constellation from Taurus just two days ago.

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.

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