Welcome to this month’s edition of “What’s up in the sky?” February has a nice lineup of planets and some eye-catching ...

Look to the southwest sky after sunset on Saturday, as the sliver of a waxing crescent moon nears bright Venus with Saturn ...

Wednesday, February 5 First Quarter Moon occurs at 3:02 A.M. EST. Nearly half a day later, the Moon passes 5° north of Uranus ...

Cañizales The persistent shadow of the supermassive black hole of M87. II. Model comparisons and theoretical interpretations, The EHT Collaboration, Astronomy & Astrophysics, Vol. 693, 22 January 2025 ...

While many were excited about the planetary parade of six planets on Saturday, astronomers at Northumberland's Kielder ...

A once-in-a-lifetime comet has been spotted over New Zealand skies this week. Comet C/2024 G3 (Atlas), which last visited the ...

At its closest, the comet was over three times closer to our star than the orbit of Mercury, and ten times closer than the Earth, but is now on its way back out of the solar system towards the ...

Planetary occultations involving the Moon are rare astronomical events, especially when they involve Saturn, one of the more intriguing objects in the Solar System due to its spectacular rings.

The brief though dramatic shut-off was a first in black hole astronomy. Members of the MIT ... and getting precariously closer to its event horizon, the boundary beyond which nothing can escape ...

Californians watching the sky in February have the chance to view a parade of planets and a snow moon. The planetary alignment that began in January will continue into February, according to ...

The best time to view the planets will be after sunset to around 8:30 p.m. You still might be able to catch Venus, Saturn and Neptune on the horizon after ... in the solar system orbit the Sun ...