After passing south of Mars late on the 19th, Mercury passes 0.5° south of Saturn at 4 A.M. EDT this morning. Mars will later pass 1.3° north of Saturn at 2 P.M. EDT. This trio of planets congregates ...

The young cluster Pismis 24 lies at the heart of the Lobster Nebula (NGC 6357) in Scorpius. The brilliant stars rank among the hottest and most massive in our galaxy. Tens of thousands of background ...

In 1927, a prescient astronomer named Georges Lemaître looked at data showing how galaxies move. He noticed something peculiar – all of them appeared to be speeding away from Earth. Not only that, but ...

Our attention is back on Jupiter in the west this evening, though, as Ganymede finally reaches the planet’s eastern limb and begins a transit overnight. First, though, Io is completing another transit ...

While Comets Wierzchoś and Tempel 2 are faint, there’s a breakout star in the early-morning sky that’s cracked naked-eye visibility: Comet C/2025 R3 (PanSTARRS). Recently recorded at mid-5th magnitude ...

New Moon occurs at 7:52 A.M. EDT, leaving the sky pristine all night and setting the stage for a possible sighting of the zodiacal light after dark. This ethereal glow is generated by sunlight ...

If you’re up after midnight on the 9th in the Central time zone (early-morning hours of April 10), you can catch the start of another shadow transit this week at Jupiter. The giant planet remains in ...

Yes, groups are making plans, but addressing the trash problem on the Moon is surprisingly complex. Currently, organizations are looking at the problem through three different lenses: preservation, ...

For the first time in over half a century, humans journeyed to the Moon — and Friday, they’re coming home. Commander Reid Wiseman, Pilot Victor Glover, Mission Specialist Christina Koch, and Canadian ...

In 1959, having determined that military test pilots would make the best astronauts, NASA began screening the records of 508 candidates. From there the group was narrowed to 110 men who went through ...

In 1958, a newly minted Harvard Ph. D. named Frank Drake came to Green Bank. Usually he sought out typical radio astronomy targets — the Van Allen Belts around Earth, say, or the surface temperature ...

Prepare for the world’s largest and most spectacular astronomy and space expo! The Northeast Astronomy Forum (NEAF) is back to mark its 35th anniversary in Suffern, New York, conveniently located 40 ...