8 Facts About Pioneering Astronomer Caroline Herschel
Caroline Herschel was the first woman to discover a comet—and now there's a crater on the moon named after her.
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.
Here's what you should know about 2021's full cold moon, include the meaning of the name and the best time to see it.
Viewing the northern lights in a 4K video isn't quite as impressive as seeing them in person, but it is much more convenient.
Farming on Mars may not be as easy as it looks in 2015’s ‘The Martian,’ but a new Heinz ketchup suggests it might be possible.
Eclipse-chasers will travel all the way to Antarctica to catch the next total solar eclipse on Saturday, December 4.
This Thanksgiving, star-gazers can be thankful for a trio of planets lining up in the night sky after sunset.
In the early morning hours of November 19, a partial lunar eclipse will turn the micro beaver moon reddish brown.
More than half a year after NASA’s Mars rover, Perseverance, landed on the Red Planet, it secured its first pet rock.
We spoke with three experts to figure out which are the best telescopes and astronomy equipment for stargazing.
Neptune is rarely visible, but on September 14, 2021, the remote planet reaches opposition, making it appear bigger and brighter than usual from Earth.
A blue moon occurs shortly after the planets Jupiter and Saturn reach opposition, making August the perfect time to see the three bodies.
Thanks to dark skies on August 12 and 13, the reliable Perseid meteor shower will put on its best show in years in 2021.
June’s strawberry full moon is a great excuse to sky-gaze and a nice reminder that strawberries are in season right now.
You can look up and find white, red, blue, and yellow stars, but green stars are missing from the night sky.
A spectacular "blood moon" total lunar eclipse will be visible from North America, South America, Australia, and more on May 26, 2021.
NASA’s Mars Odyssey has been orbiting the Red Planet for literally 20 years—here’s a glimpse of what it’s been up to.
The Eta Aquariid meteor shower peaks in early May this year. Here is when and where you should look for it.
Regular full moons cause spring tides, but March’s worm moon wasn’t a regular one—it was a supermoon.
On April 26, the full moon will appear especially large and bright in the night sky. Here's what you need to know to catch the super pink moon.
‘Vernal equinox’ isn’t just the technical term for the first day of spring, and 'summer solstice’ means something beyond ‘first day of summer.’
The Lyrid meteor shower is famous for its rare and unpredictable bursts of shooting stars. Here's what you need to know to see the event in 2021.
Spring is the best time to observe Earthshine—the phenomenon in which the glow of the Earth lights up the crescent moon.
A cargo craft delivering supplies to the International Space Station has been named after Katherine Johnson, the influential "human computer" who helped send the first Americans to space.