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

Uranus enters Gemini for the first time since World War II. Sobering, right? Especially considering the current waves of ...

On July 6, 1938, an American astronomer named Seth Barnes Nicholson discovered Jupiter's moon Lysithea. Nicholson spotted ...

Ganapatis birthday is on the fourth day of the bright half of lunar month of Bhadrapada This night one is supposed to avoid seeing the moon But for those who have seen the moon there is a remedy On Ga ...

Mount Everest may be the tallest mountain on Earth, but it's nothing compared to the towering giants scattered across our ...

Solar systems mostly keep to themselves. What’s ours is ours and what’s not is not. Stars are simply too far from each ...

Most meteorites that have reached Earth come from the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. But we have 1,000 or so ...

I’ve spent much of my long life studying — and trying to understand — the history of the universe. Along the way, I have been constantly reminded that science is essentially international: Science ...

On July 7, skywatchers will see a bright moon near red supergiant star Antares in the southeastern sky after sunset. It's one ...