Jupiter disappears then returns in a blaze of glory at the Moon's dark rim before dawn.

The Moon occults Jupiter for much of North America late Monday night October 5-6, after missing Castor, Pollux, and Mars on previous mornings.

Leaves fall. Frost sparkles. And once again we fall under the magical spell of Saturn, the Lord of the Rings.

New simulations show that our now-moonless neighbor might once have had a satellite, but the moon crashed back into it.

The island - La Palma in the Canary Islands - was the backup site for the giant telescope, whose future remains in limbo.

On September 28th, Europe's JUICE mission makes another pass by home, en route to the icy moons of Jupiter.

NASA has selected a new space probe for development: The PRIMA telescope will explore the far-infrared universe.

Astronomers have directly imaged a giant planet around a low-mass star — something they didn’t think was possible.

A baby planet is carving out a gap in the natal disk of its star as it assembles material, providing a rare window into the earliest stages of planet formation.

The crescent Moon steps past Venus, very low after sunset, from Sunday to Monday. A couple days later, it steps past higher Antares.

John Wagener of the Texas Astronomical Society, was fired with a life purpose of bringing the night sky to everyone.

Painstaking observations have revealed unexpected evolution in the rings around Chariklo, a tiny outer-solar-system object.

Astronomers once thought dark matter clumps tore their way through long lines of stars — but it turns out gaps can form without dark matter.

A daytime occultation to whet your appetite for next month's spectacular show.

Tracking the phase, moonrise, and nightly position of the Moon can help give a tempo to life and its seasons.

This episode takes you on a tour of the stars and planets that you’ll see overhead during September. First, we’ll check out this month’s equinox and Harvest Moon; then we’ll track down the bright plan...

The fastest known star in our galaxy comes so close to Sgr A* that the black hole’s rotation may pull it off course, enabling a first-of-its-kind detection.

Launched on August 30th, NASA’s newest flagship space observatory will go a long way toward filling in our understanding of questions on the forefront of astronomy and cosmology such as the nature of ...

The legendary Stellafane has been blowing away expectations for a century, and plans are in place to make sure it continues to do so.

Venus and Spica finally have their conjunction low in twilight. After dark, Boötes and the Big Dipper have assumed their late-summer pose.

Altair, centerpiece of Aqulia, the Eagle, is the twelfth-brightest star in the night sky and one of the closest stars to Earth.

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A daring mission tried but failed to save a key astrophysics observatory in low Earth orbit.

The waxing Moon is on its way to a not-quite-total lunar eclipse on Thursday the 27th. On Friday the 21st, it's still east of Antares.

Traversing through the solar system, a comet split in two, and a recent study used six months of observations to investigate when and why.

Elizabeth Zhang of Cupertino, California, has earned the Astronomical League's National Young Astronomer award for her study of circumbinary planets.

We traveled the world, both literally and figuratively, to see the solar eclipse on August 12, 2026. Here are some of our stories.

The star at the heart of the oft-observed Helix Nebula powered a clumpy wind before it died. Now, new images capture these clumps’ dissolution into the space between stars.

Watch Venus and Spica approach each other low in twilight. And check whether you'll be able to see anything of Wednesday's solar eclipse!

View the August 12th total solar eclipse from wherever you are — the livestream and webcast options are plentiful!

Several science campaigns funded by NASA and ESA plan to greet the racing shadow of the Moon on August 12th.

With Moonless skies the whole night long, skywatchers anticipate a fine Perseid meteor shower performance this year.

Scientists observing the Sun with the Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope have caught a wave-like shape that's never been seen on the Sun's visible surface.

Brief but powerful flashes of radio waves are aiding astronomers' quest to find and map the cosmic gas that pervades the universe.

Delphinus, the constellation looks just like a tiny Dolphin that's splashing its way through the sky amidst other famous summer sights.

The longest total solar eclipse visible from land until 2114 will sweep across Spain and North Africa on August 2, 2027. Here's where you can watch it.

This month we’ve got three big celestial events to cover: eclipses of the Sun and Moon, and especially good prospects for the Perseid meteor shower. Plus we’ll track down a few planets, and gaze at th...