Star maps and charts are a mainstay of both amateur and professional sky observers. Whether it's on a simple seasonal map or ...

The "Christmas Star" visible this month is actually Jupiter, which currently looks exceptionally bright in the night sky. Jupiter is heading toward opposition on January 10, 2026, a positioning that ...

Discovered over the summer, the comet known as 3I/Atlas will pass within 167 million miles of our planet on Friday. That's as ...

The comet will come much closer to Jupiter in March, zipping within 33 million miles. It will be the mid-2030s before it ...

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

Staerkel Planetarium brings the beauty of the night sky indoors, blending astronomy, mythology and storytelling.

Since it has the fewest hours of sunlight compared to the rest of the year, the Winter Solstice is considered the “shortest ...

By studying faint distortions in galaxy shapes across a vast region of sky, scientists probed the hidden structure of the universe. In the standard picture of the universe, nearly everything is hidden ...

Turn your attention skyward Saturday evening and you should be able to catch the peak of the annual Geminids meteor shower. The yellow dancing streaks light up the night sky every December with ...

On Episode 189 of This Week In Space, Rod Pyle and Tariq Malik talk with their favorite Newspace Buccaneer, Jeffrey Manber.

The annual Geminid meteor shower is set to peak this weekend, offering stargazers a chance to catch what is often one of the ...

Up to 150 Geminid meteors may brighten the night sky each hour as the shower hits its peak on Dec. 13-14, according to the ...