A total lunar eclipse occurs this month. Venus transitions from evening to morning, while Mars and Jupiter dominate the late ...

Luna skims by Mercury, Venus, Uranus, Neptune, and Jupiter as it grows from a thin crescent to just past First Quarter in the ...

such as a planet, against the background of distant stars that would appear stationary. On February 18, 1930, Tombaugh used the blink comparator to look at black-and-white images taken the ...

The moon enters its new phase for February 2025 tonight, leaving the skies nice and dark for observing many bright planets ...

In March 2025 we have a fine opportunity to view the planet that many astronomy guide books refer to as the most difficult of ...

I need to apologize for several presumptions I made in last month’s column. It turns out the groundhog’s forecast for six more weeks of winter was more spot on than ...

Mercury and Saturn are neighbors in the sky, about a half a fist held upright and at arm’s length above the west-southwestern ...

"Pale Blue Dot" – one of the last photos taken by Voyager 1 – is still the most distant image of the Earth. Astronomer Carl ...

A comical planetary beauty contest is described, highlighting the unique traits of each planet: Mercury’s fiery nature, Venus’s drama, Earth’s charm, Mars’s mystique, Jupiter’s grandeur ...

The planet remains visible for more than 3 hours, finally setting around 9 P.M. local time. The best time to observe the phase of Venus is shortly after sunset, when the sky is still bright with ...

Possibly because of the backlash against that outage, Sony has (at the time of writing) kept mum about the details regarding this outage. With numbers like those, it's no wonder cloud gaming never ...