Friday, July 4 Mercury reaches its greatest eastern elongation from the Sun, standing 26° from our star at 1 A.M. EDT. We’ll ...

The star Polaris marks the North Celestial Pole in our sky, around which all other objects in the heavens appear to rotate.

The breathtaking celestial displays known as the aurorae — the aurora borealis in the Northern Hemisphere and the aurora ...

The Axiom Mission 4 launch sent an international crew to the ISS, advancing commercial spaceflight and preparing for the ...

Charles Messier was born in Badonviller, France, on June 26, 1730, the 10th child of court bailiff Nicolas and his wife ...

Mercury hovers above the horizon near a four-percent-illuminated Moon, whose darkened face may be lit by earthshine.

For the first time, JWST has discovered an exoplanet through direct imaging, revealing TWA 7 b, a Saturn-mass world.

Globular cluster M15 hides within it a planetary nebula, Pease 1. Observers with large scopes and steady skies can find it.

Rising Moon: A terrific trio “Over here!” A triplet of magnificent large craters practically beckons us on the evening of June 3rd. It’s the Moon in a classic, highly photogenic profile ...

The new planet is TWA 7 b, where the “b” means that this is the first exoplanet discovered in this system. (The “a,” if used, ...

As Asteroid Day marks its 10th anniversary, U.S. Senators Kelly and Cornyn introduce a resolution to establish National ...

A combination of a dynamo-generated magnetic field and massive impacts could explain the highly magnetized rocks in some lunar regions.