A few days later on January 17-18, Venus and Saturn will get close in the sky for a conjunction. NASA says the two planets will be just two degrees apart in the evening sky. All the while, Mars will ...

Galileo Galilei, with a homemade telescope, noticed three points of light near Jupiter. Initially believing they were distant ...

During January 2025, a large planetary conjunction involving four planets — Venus, Saturn, Jupiter and Mars — will be visible with the naked eye, according to NASA. Here’s what to know about the ...

The Full Moon is the lunar phase in which the satellite appears brightest 🌕. During this cycle, we see almost all of its surface and also notice many mystical on goings. The effects of the Full Moon ...

With a rare black moon and the peak of the year's first major meteor shower already behind us, January is shaping up to be an ...

📅 Today in History: In 1610, Italian astronomer Galileo Galilei, through improvements he made on a homemade telescope, first observed Jupiter’s four Galilean moons: Ganymede, Callisto, Io and Europa.

A solar eclipse crossed North America. Two robotic landers reached the lunar surface, largely intact. The most powerful ...

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

From a total lunar eclipse to meteor showers to space probes, 2025 will be stellar for celestial viewing. Those and more will ...

Behold, the giants! The Hubble Space Telescope has completed a decade of observing Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune.

This January, the night sky offers a stunning display featuring the Quadrantid meteor shower and a rare alignment of four bright planets visible in a single view. Witness Mars at opposition, shining ...