In this episode, Astronomy magazine Editor Dave Eicher invites you to head out the evening of May 5 to see Mars close to the ...

Tsuchinshan-ATLAS was that rare type of comet that arrived with fanfare and lived up to the hype, serving up naked-eye views ...

Skinny” funding prioritizes a focus on Moon and Mars missions over science and projects characterized as “grossly expensive.” ...

Mars starts May not far from the Beehive star cluster, Venus is unmistakable in the predawn sky, and Mercury looks best early ...

An astronomer breaks down 3 key components that allow researchers to make groundbreaking discoveries — and decide when ...

SETI’s senior astronomer explains how colossal artifacts could be the key to finding extraterrestrial life, past or present.

The RedCat 91 is a well-crafted astronomical imaging refractor that is easily portable, with a machined aluminum finish and ...

Catch some morning meteors, see the Moon reach First Quarter, and watch Mars visit the Beehive in the sky this week.

Jupiter and Mars shine in the evening, more planets gather in the morning, and the Eta Aquariid meteors join in.

Although our universe is mostly normal matter, antimatter isn’t so hard to create — supernovae, black holes, and even bananas ...

View a brilliant morning star, enjoy dark skies during New Moon, and take in plenty of deep-sky targets in the sky this week.

The Dragonfly quadcopter will soar through Titan’s hazy skies and roam its dune seas in search of evidence that the distant ...