I was looking forward to writing a tribute to clear summer skies and great summer stargazing in the Pacific Northwest.

New Hubble Space Telescope imagery of the Saturn show it's 'ring spokes' in orbit around the gas giant planet. Credit: ...

This material causes Titania and Oberon to have darker and redder leading hemispheres. These outer moons effectively shield ...

What to expect from the world of space and astronomy in 2025? Let's explore the unmissable astronomy moments this year!

New Hubble observations reveal unexpected darkening on Uranus’ moons, challenging long-held assumptions about its ...

Watch out this month for a Full Moon that barely skims the horizon, a phenomenon that inspired prehistoric astronomers, Nigel Henbest writes ...

What's happening in the skies over North Texas this month? June holds some spectacular sights in the night and morning sky.

NASA originally released the image in 2023 in honor of Jupiter reaching opposition — which is when the planet and the Sun are on opposite sides of Earth — but Jupiter has also been in the news ...

Two other planets will be visible with a telescope, Dyches said. Uranus is higher in the sky, next to Jupiter, and Neptune is to the west, just above Saturn and Venus, he said, adding that a self ...

Saturn sets shortly before midnight on the 1st and by 10 p.m. local time on the 31st, so try to observe it in the two to three hours after sunset. Through a telescope, Saturn’s disk spans 17″.

Look east before dawn on Wednesday, Aug. 14, to see the giant planet and the Red Planet just a third of a degree from one ...

Researchers at the Space Telescope Science Institute, Goddard Space Flight Center, and other institutions have found what seem to be two giant planets orbiting two white dwarfs in two different ...