9+ hour, 15+ min ago   (299+ words) September 13: Venus, the Moon, and Spica The Moon passes 0.5° due north of Venus at 7 A.M. EDT. In the evening sky, the pair is now standing in line with the tiny planet Mercury and the bright star Spica. If you…...

1+ day, 48+ min ago   (23+ words) Yahoo Star Watch: Venus and the Moon Highlight the Sky This Week...

22+ hour, 31+ min ago   (132+ words) Explanation: This sight was worth getting out of bed early. Just over four years ago, Comet C/2020 F3 (NEOWISE) rose before dawn to the delight of northern sky enthusiasts awake that early. Up before sunrise on July 8th, the featured photographer was…...

1+ day, 5+ hour ago   (126+ words) [Note: Catching up for yesterday] Explanation: Bright sunlight glints as long dark shadows mark this image of the surface of the Moon. It was taken on July 20, 1969, by Apollo 11 astronaut Neil Armstrong, the first to walk on the lunar surface....

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (224+ words) Back in 1974, a complex radio transmission was sent from the now-destroyed Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico toward M13 in the hope of reaching an alien civilization. Astronomers figured that since there are so many stars and planets in that area, there’s…...

1+ day, 9+ hour ago   (179+ words) Alison earned her bachelor’s degree in physics and master’s degree in earth, atmospheric, and planetary science from MIT. During this time, she completed several years of research in the field of planetary science, working on research topics that ranged from…...

1+ day, 17+ hour ago   (186+ words) On 12 December 2022, an orbiter traveling 251 kilometers (156 miles) above the southern highlands of Mars photographed a hill....

2+ day, 16+ hour ago   (163+ words) September 11: Visit the Deer Lick Group Saturn dominates the southern sky in the early hours after midnight. It’s the brightest point of light here, standing some 50° high around 2 A.M. local daylight time. In addition to its biggest and brightest…...

3+ day, 21+ hour ago   (982+ words) Friday, September 11Already high in the north after sunset, the planetary nebula NGC 6543 in Draco is famously called the Cat’s Eye Nebula. It’s best seen with a large telescope, but even a small scope will pick it up and show it…...

2+ day, 21+ hour ago   (312+ words) Explanation: Beautiful and bright spiral galaxy M83 lies some twelve million light-years away, near the southeastern tip of the very long constellation Hydra. Prominent spiral arms traced by dark dust lanes and blue star clusters lend this galaxy its popular name,…...