Skywatching

Earth's shadow and the Belt of Venus loom above the horizon behind the Roque de los Muchachos Observatory on La Palma in this panorama by astrophotographer Chirag Upreti.

The brilliant, blue-green comet C/2018 Y1 Iwamoto will zip by Earth this week, and the speedy space "snowball" is currently visible in the night sky with binoculars and small telescopes.

A deep-space panorama shows Comet 46P/Wirtanen, the Pleiades star cluster and a meteor crossing in front of the California Nebula.

Despite what you may have heard, the Valentine’s Day sky won't provide a glimpse of our impending doom. (Unless you're a star-crossed lover, of course.)

Mars and the crescent moon will team up in a delightful celestial sight tonight (Feb. 10) and NASA has some tips to help you spot the Red Planet in the night sky.

One of the big news stories nationally over the past few weeks has been the invasion of the polar vortex in the northern tier of the United States.

This year skywatchers will get to witness three supermoons in a row on Jan. 21, Feb. 19 and March 21.

A photo time-lapse sequence shows the path of totality during the Super Blood Wolf Moon of Jan. 20-21, 2019, ending with a lunar corona.

Celestial sights rival Manhattan's lights in a gorgeous skywatcher photo.

The new moon occurs Feb. 4, at 4:04 p.m. EST (2104 GMT), two days after our satellite makes a close pass by Saturn and a day before it reaches apogee, the farthest point in its orbit from Earth.

Here's how to see three naked-eye planets visible in February's night sky.

See what's up in the night sky for February 2019, including stargazing events and the moon's phases, in this Space.com gallery courtesy of Starry Night Software.

When the moon's in the sky, and Venus goes "goodbye," that's an occultation.

A sea of stars shimmers throughout the colossal Lagoon Nebula in this deep-space photo.

See amazing images of the night sky and cosmos in Space.com's gallery of cosmic images posted in December 2018.