ASTRONOMY

You can see a moon right out of a sci-fi novel. No special equipment needed.

If you’re in pursuit of incredible stargazing, these destinations are worth the journey.

In a word, counterclockwise. But there’s a little more to the story of Earth’s rotation than that.

The black moon at the end of April comes with a bonus spectacle: the first partial solar eclipse of 2022.

In the last weeks of April, Venus, Mars, Saturn, and Jupiter will form a planetary quartet.

Caroline Herschel was the first woman to discover a comet—and now there's a crater on the moon named after her.

Venus, also known as the morning star, will appear more dazzling than usual when it reaches peak brightness in early February 2022.