Jupiter will reach its highest point in the sky around dawn, when, from mid-northern latitudes, it will appear about 20 degrees from the point directly overhead, known as the zenith. During the ...

Enjoy a post-dinner stargazing session as the first-quarter moon, Saturn and the season's brightest stars light up the ...

The Large Magellanic Cloud is identified as the brightest deep-sky object, with a magnitude of 0.1. The list comprises 26 deep-sky objects ranked by brightness, primarily open clusters, stellar ...

Since 1986 I have had an affiliation with the Hayden Planetarium in New York. My "official" title there is "Associate and Guest Lecturer." Indeed, through all of these years I given scores of ...

Mercury reached its greatest eastern elongation (26°) from the Sun on July 4th, observable in the evening sky near the Beehive Cluster (M44). The "Fireworks Galaxy" (NGC 6946), known for its high ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. The bright novas V572 Velorum (left) and V462 Lupi (right) are currently visible in the southern ...

“What’s up in the sky?” is a recurring feature and publishes on the first of every month. You can find it on WTOP’s The Space Place. Email Greg your space questions and he might answer them in the ...

If you were to ask most people to name the brightest star in the night sky, chances are they'd confidently say, "the North Star." It's a common assumption, and it makes sense when you consider how ...

There's a big diamond in the sky made by connecting the stars Arcturus, Spica, Denebola and Cor Caroli. Once found, you can use it to find each star's associated constellation. The spring sky is spare ...

One of the faintest Zodiac constellations in the night sky is the constellation Libra, the Scales. Like most constellations, good luck seeing it for what it’s supposed to be. It allegedly outlines ...

The constellations march ever westward from month to month, with old ones disappearing into the sunset as new ones rise in the east. This is because the stars run like clockwork on a specific schedule ...