Today in the history of astronomy, President Eisenhower signs the National Aeronautics and Space Act.

Here’s what’s launching from July 28 to August 3: a cutting‑edge Earth‑observation mission joins a crewed flight to the ...

A set of books belonging to Charles Messier have joined the collection of David J. Eicher, offering a rare link to the comet ...

Saturn’s largest moon Titan lies well east of Saturn this morning, while several other, smaller satellites cluster closer to the rings.

Stars are more colorful than you think! Patience will reveal them; head outside tonight to see summer’s multi-hued stars.

In this episode, Astronomy magazine Editor Dave Eicher invites you to head out on the evening of July 28 and observe a close grouping of the thin crescent Moon and Mars. Be sure to look for these ...

Earth’s satellite and the Red Planet offer a picturesque view amid the stars of Virgo for a few hours after sunset tonight.

Today in the history of astronomy, a Prussian photographer captures totality.

The young open cluster NGC 6709 soars through the sky tonight, visible in Aquila with binoculars or any telescope.

Venus blazes near Zeta Tauri, recreating the sight astronomers saw in 1054 when the Crab Nebula’s progenitor star went ...

Perseus Moving Group, also known as the Alpha Persei Cluster, is a cluster of 500 stars, offering a glimpse of our Sun’s ...

Pluto reaches opposition and the Moon waxes to First Quarter as shooting stars streak through the sky this week.