One of the brightest comets in 20 years, Comet 2024 G3 (ATLAS) returns for a close encounter with the sun — but will we be ...
Sky gazers will get a peek at what has been called a "parade of planets," where this time around, up to seven planets may ...
Alinda is one of the five largest near-Earth asteroids, coming closer than 9.3 million miles until the year 2200.
On January 9, 1643, the Italian astronomer Giovanni Riccioli saw a weird glowing light on the night side of Venus. He named it "The Ashen Light of Venus." Astronomers have seen it intermittently since ...
Worlds will align for a "planetary parade" in January, with four bright and easily visible to the naked eye. But an even ...
Putting together your DIY telescope requires attaching the objective lens at one end of your cardboard tube and inserting the ...
A newly-discovered comet might light up the night sky in the coming weeks, possibly shining even brighter than the planet ...
As Mars approaches opposition this month, it will become a dazzling spectacle in the night sky. See it at its best now, or ...
Jan. 21 (morning): The Moon, just shy of last quarter, is 3½° to the lower left of Spica in Virgo. Jan. 23 (evening): Mars, ...
An alignment means multiple planets are all visible in the sky from Earth. Three to eight planets constitutes an alignment.