Fomalhaut (Alpha Piscis Austrini), a magnitude 1.2 star, is visible in the southern sky after 8:30 PM local daylight time, reaching its highest point around midnight. Located 25 light-years from Earth ...

Uranus will transition from prograde to retrograde motion, appearing to move westward relative to background stars, beginning at 1 A.M. EDT. Uranus is observable in the early morning sky, ...

Three comets (C/1618 Q1, C/1618 V1, and C/1618 W1) were observed in 1618, all visible to the naked eye. C/1618 Q1, first observed in August over Hungary, marks the first known telescopic observation ...

Today in the history of astronomy, NASA announces evidence of material being consumed by the black hole at the center of our ...

Planetariums around the world are invited to participate in this year’s edition of the IAU’s annual outreach event.

September’s Full Corn Moon is eclipsed for some observers, Titan passes behind Saturn, and Mars moves north of Spica in the ...

Ice giant Uranus is in Taurus, floating near the Pleiades star cluster and easy to locate in the early-morning sky.

The planetary nebula NGC 6781, located in the constellation Aquila, is observable despite the constellation's relatively low density of prominent celestial objects. NGC 6781 is characterized as a near ...

Using data from NASA’s InSight lander, Constantinos Charalambous from the Imperial College of London and colleagues studied ...

Saturn’s largest moon, Titan, transits with its shadow early this morning, passing over the planet’s northern polar region.