Comet Lemon will be in the heart of the constellation Boötes, the Herdsman, as it makes its closest approach to Earth on Oct.

These binoculars guide you through the night sky in real time, with a database of 200,000 stars, and in this hands-on test, I ...

While six of the stars in this cluster are typically visible to the naked eye, there are more than 1,000 in the group. The Triangulum Galaxy rises high—October 15 See the Triangulum Galaxy, one of our ...

So how many stars are there? Given all of the above, astronomers estimate that the Milky Way contains around 100 billion ...

October’s night sky is set to dazzle, featuring a radiant supermoon, the fiery Draconid meteor shower, and the sparkling ...

On the evening of Oct. 9, a waning gibbous moon visits the famous Pleiades Star Cluster  — the Seven Sisters  — in Taurus.

Mars is within 5 degrees of Mercury from Oct. 12 through Oct. 29, but is much fainter. On the evening of Oct. 19, the two planets will appear closest together, just 2 degrees apart. About 30 minutes ...

The fall is in full swing, and the cosmos is putting on a show you won't want to miss. Between the harvest moon, the ...

The moon and Venus will shine vividly alongside a bright star in the early morning in a celestial rendezvous that should be ...

The writer Tristan Gooley describes how a pair of familiar constellations can help a person navigate in darkness when other ...

As an astrophotographer and night-sky enthusiast, I’ve endured my fair share of inaccurate weather forecasts. But this ...

They flash across the night sky in seconds, sparking wishes and wonder. But these mysterious streaks hold far more secrets ...