I pick out North America’s celestial highlights for the week ahead (which also apply to mid-northern latitudes in the ...

O'Donoghue pays a visit to NCPR's morning news show, Northern Light, to guide us through what to look for in the morning and ...

In September, the sky gets dark significantly earlier, allowing us to observe the night sky without having to stay up too ...

A conjunction is an astronomy term that describes when two planets or celestial bodies are close together in the night sky. Jupiter went first, followed by Mars and now finally Mercury.

it will be in conjunction with Jupiter and Mars in the east-northeast sky. In the very early hours of today—just after midnight—a half-lit moon will rise in the eastern sky close to the night ...

Five BlueBird satellites have launched as part of AST SpaceMobile's growing constellation, with even larger ones ahead that ...

A good pair of binoculars can suffice for a closer look, although a small telescope will reveal even more intricate details ...

Dave Eggers is the author of “The Circle,” “What Is the What” and, most recently, “The Eyes and the Impossible,” winner of ...

Jupiter gleams brilliantly against the stars ... to the sun in the sky early in the month and as a result is in the night sky all night long. Ironically, the most difficult planet to sight this ...

The toasty planet is in a transitional stage between a "cold" Jupiter like our own Jupiter ... highly recommend to anyone who gazes at the night sky with awe and wonder." ...

The ringed planet reaches opposition, Mars slips past the open cluster M35, and the original Cepheid variable shines in the ...