Titan’s shadow transits the northern hemisphere of Saturn this morning beginning around 3:30 A.M. EDT. It’s definitely worth ...

#11. The Moon’s temperature can vary from 242° Fahrenheit in a sunny spot to −334° Fahrenheit in a shady spot near one of its ...

Radio telescopes saw a strange burst of unknown energy in June 2024. Now we know it was from Relay 2, an early ...

Lowell Observatory Historian Kevin Schindler runs a detective story at the Grand Canyon to recreate a famous photo of Neil ...

Venus moves east as July progresses and stands 3° due north of Aldebaran on the 14th, after skirting the northern regions of ...

Visible in the early-morning sky today, Saturn’s two-toned moon Iapetus reaches superior conjunction just 1.4′ due south of Saturn. The proximity makes the now-11th-magnitude moon easier to find, as ...

Rocket Lab successfully launched its Electron rocket on Thursday, June 26, from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1 in Mahia, New ...

Mercury is the month's highlight, reaching greatest elongation July 4. Also on show in the Southern Hemisphere: Mars, Saturn, ...

Mercury stands less than 3° from the Beehive Cluster in the evening sky, preparing to cross through the cluster’s outskirts ...

This week’s launches include Axiom 4, a historic crewed mission to the ISS, plus multiple satellite deployments from SpaceX and other providers.

In this episode, Astronomy magazine Editor Dave Eicher invites you to head out sometime soon and observe the great globular ...

Intuitive Machines’ Nova-C lander stands on the lunar surface in this illustration, depicting it at a ridge near Shackleton crater. Its landing site has since been changed to Mons Mouton.