The distant planet Neptune stands still against the background stars of Pisces in the early-morning sky, still visible close ...

With more Dark Sky Places than anywhere else in the world, Utah’s high deserts are giving visitors front-row seats to the ...

Mars continues to attract scientists in 2025 with its Earth-like time, mysterious moons, changing distance, and space ...

The space agency spotted the quick-moving object with the Atlas telescope in Chile earlier this week, and confirmed it was a ...

And astronomers have a brand-new, superpowerful eye with which to see the changing cosmos: the Vera C. Rubin Observatory in Chile. The Rubin Observatory released its first images last week, and ...

It appears our solar system is getting more popular with out-of-towners. Astronomers have found a third interstellar object, ...

Alexandria Echo Press reporter Lisa Johnson and Astro Bob talk about occultations in this episode of "Minnesota Night Skies." ...

The VRO is a project jointly funded by the U.S. National Science Foundation and the U.S. Department of Energy, Office of ...

We’re also losing evening daylight. The sun set at 6:52 p.m. on the 28th of June, which is the latest sunset time of the year ...

To get a glimpse of the “Swift Planet,” EarthSky suggests waiting for the sun to set before looking west for the planet ...

A cataclysmic variable star isn’t technically a single object. Instead, it’s a compact binary system composed of a white ...

Nearby will be the Bull's brightest star, orange Aldebaran, fairly conspicuous in its own right, yet still shining only a ...