Run the 'Messier Marathon' to Finish This Astronomical Bucket List By Chris Vaughan French astronomer Charles Messier's list of the best and brightest showpieces in the night sky is popular with skywatchers of all experience levels.
A Cosmic Perspective: Pretty Panoramic Milky Way Photo Resembles an Astronaut's-Eye View By Miguel Claro A colorful panorama that looks like the view from inside an astronaut's helmet shows the breadth of the Milky Way galaxy as it stretches across the night sky from one horizon to the other.
It's a Planet Party! See Venus, Saturn and Jupiter with the Moon This Weekend By Chelsea Gohd This weekend, a brilliant display of planetary objects will dazzle you — if you can wake up before the sun rises.
'Red Worlds' Align: Mars Meets the Blood Moon in Epic Night-Sky Photo By Miguel Claro The Red Planet makes a close approach to the blood-red moon in this photo taken during the longest total lunar eclipse of the century, on July 27, 2018.
See Jupiter with the Moon Before Dawn Wednesday (Venus and Saturn, Too!) By Elizabeth Howell Jupiter, the biggest planet of the solar system, will get close to the moon in the dawn sky on Wednesday (Feb. 27). Saturn and Venus will be visible as well, so here's how to take a look at them.
Failed 1970s Venus Probe Could Crash to Earth This Year By Leonard David The Soviet Union launched the Cosmos 482 Venus probe on March 31, 1972. But the failed Venus craft is crashing back to Earth soon.
A 'Dragon Aurora' Appeared in the Sky Over Iceland, and NASA Is a Little Confused By Brandon Specktor A gargantuan green dragon hisses in the sky over Iceland this month and its appearance has scientists stumped.
A Brilliant Daytime Meteor Exploded Over Cuba This Month. Here's Where It Came From By Mike Wall Astronomers just got the goods on the meteor that flared up over Cuba earlier this month.
Super Snow Moon Today Is the Biggest Full Moon of 2019 By Meghan Bartels The second installment of this winter's trio of supermoons, sometimes nicknamed the Super Snow Moon, will peak tomorrow morning, so don't forget to step outside and look up tonight.
How Realistic Are China's Plans to Build a Research Station on the Moon? By Joshua Chou The world is still celebrating the historic landing on China's Chang'e-4 on the far side of the moon on January 3.
The 'Supermoon' Syndrome Rises with February's Full Moon By Joe Rao On Tuesday, Feb. 19, you'll no doubt hear the mainstream media proclaiming that on that night Earthlings will witness a "supermoon."
Color Mosaic of the Full Moon Reveals Blue 'Seas' of Titanium (Photo) By Miguel Claro A colorful high-resolution mosaic of the full moon reveals slight differences in the chemical constitution of the lunar surface.
See Venus and Saturn Pass Each Other at Dawn on Monday By Joe Rao Come early Monday morning, you'll be able to watch two planets that will pass in the dawn.
Comet and the Pleiades Meet Up in Meteor Shower in This Fantastic Photo By Miguel Claro Meteors, star clusters and a naked-eye comet light up the sky over Portugal in this full-dome fisheye photo captured during the Geminid meteor shower of 2018.
Earth's Shadow and the 'Belt of Venus' Arc Over La Palma in a Scenic Panorama (Photo) By Hanneke Weitering 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.
How to See Comet Iwamoto Fly Past Earth This Week By Hanneke Weitering 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 Comet, Meteor, Nebula and the Pleiades Combine into One Epic Space Photo By Miguel Claro A deep-space panorama shows Comet 46P/Wirtanen, the Pleiades star cluster and a meteor crossing in front of the California Nebula.
No, You Won’t See an 'Apocalypse Asteroid' in the Sky on Valentine's Day By Mike Wall 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.)
You Can See Mars Near the Moon Tonight! Here's Where to Look. By Tariq Malik 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.
