Like a celestial parade across the cosmos, five bright planets are lighting up the night sky and visible with the naked eye ...

Astrophotographer Andrew McCarthy has millions of fans worldwide who love the stunning images he captures and creates of the ...

Mars, Venus, Jupiter and Saturn should be visible to the naked eye, but with a telescope you can spot Neptune and Uranus.

Walking to the roof of Carnegie Science Hall to visit the college's observatory feels like being in a boat — the strange ...

Our modern era of space observation and exploration deepens our connection with the universe—and with each other. When NASA ...

A person shines a flashlight into the night sky on Feb. 3, 2025. (Photo by Patrick Pleul/picture alliance via Getty Images) Social media has been abuzz about the ongoing alignment of planets, with ...

February brings a rare planetary parade, with five bright planets in clear view and a special alignment of Mercury and Saturn ...

Hubble Space Telescope images of Jupiter have been "photo-mapped onto a sphere," and animated into a full rotation, according to ESA/NASA. Credit: Space.com | NASA, ESA, J. DePasquale (STScI), A.

Generally, the nights of and near the new moon – when the moon is not illuminated – are better for most stargazing experiences. Here are the dates of new moons this year.

Clare Lauwerys, secretary at the North Essex Astronomical Society, said: “With a telescope, we’ll be able to spot some of Jupiter’s largest moons and see the edge of Saturn’s rings. “Mars will appear ...

The telescope’s mid-infrared images detected shells that have persisted for more ... The planet is several times the mass of Jupiter, orbiting around a star somewhat similar to our Sun. It is one of ...

NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope reveals an ultraviolet view of Jupiter. Since the human eye cannot actually detect ultraviolet ...