Nicknamed the “Mother of Hubble,” Nancy Grace Roman spent years pushing for the use of the newest technology to better ...

New Moon occurs at 4:01 P.M. EDT, leaving the evening sky perfect for deep-sky observing. By 10 P.M. local time, the sky should be dark. High in the south is the constellation Canes Venatici, where ...

Are you familiar with the constellation Crater the Cup? If not, don’t worry — you’re about to spot it tonight. This mid-sized constellation, measuring 53rd in size among the 88 official constellations ...

Jupiter remains prominent in eastern Gemini after sunset, glowing brightly to the lower left of the Twins’ two heads, Castor and Pollux. Overnight tonight, there’s a double shadow transit visible on ...

Following the roaring success of NASA’s Artemis 2 mission, the space agency is devising plans for a final test flight before attempting to land the first humans on the Moon in decades, as soon as 2028 ...

Humanity has spent eons looking up at the stars and wondering whether we’re alone, or if there are others like us out there in the vast unknown. Our curiosity has only increased as we have become a ...

Bright Venus stands proudly between the horns of Taurus the Bull after sunset tonight, forming a nearly straight line with the stars marking the tips of the horns. Visible in the west within an hour ...

EDITOR’S NOTE: SpaceX has officially revealed its target for Starship Flight 12 to NET Tuesday, May 19. This mission was included in this week’s article based on earlier reporting that indicated a May ...

Early risers have a great view of a lunar feature normally located near the limb this morning. An hour before sunrise, the Moon is roughly 20° above the eastern horizon. About 25 percent of its ...

This week, Astronomy magazine Editor Emeritus Dave Eicher invites you to explore the Whirlpool Galaxy, cataloged as M51. It lies in Canes Venatici near the Big Dipper asterism along with its companion ...

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

We cannot measure the slowing of time near the Big Bang because there is no “cosmic clock” outside of this event against ...