Today in the history of astronomy, the facility that eventually will become the Cape Canaveral Spaceport and Kennedy Space Center is established.

Main-belt world Egeria is drifting near the star 80 Virginis tonight — the asteroid’s motion will be readily observable.

Now 15th magnitude, the comet is well-positioned for observation late overnight and into the early-morning hours.

NASA has awarded a contract to execute a high-stakes orbital maneuver, racing against time and atmospheric drag to prevent a critical science asset from tumbling back to Earth. The target of this ...

Last Quarter Moon occurs at 5:10 P.M. EDT. With no Moon in the evening sky, deep-sky treasures are well within reach. High in the east by 10 P.M. local daylight time is the two-star constellation ...

New analysis of ALMA observations of interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS show its water carries a chemical signature pointing to a colder, more distant origin than any comet ever measured.

A crescent Moon guides the way to the Red Planet as galaxies glow and Venus stands between the horns of the Bull in the sky ...

Stars twinkle and sometimes appear to move around due to our atmosphere “scrambling” their light as it travels to our eyes.

Although the Moon is bright, step outside early this morning to see if you can spot some fast-moving meteors left behind by ...

M51 and M101. Although technically the same magnitude, one is more challenging than the other. Let’s take advantage of the moonless early-evening sky to enjoy two lovely face-on spiral galaxies. We’ll ...

Without our satellite, Earth’s geology, biology, and climate — even human philosophy — would be vastly different.