The constellations Taurus, Orion, Canis Major, and Gemini grab attention this month, while Mars, Jupiter, and Venus dominate ...
Using Hubble's Wide Field Camera 3 instrument, astronomers captured this recent up-close view of the SMC, full of twinkling ...
Located about 410 light-years away in the constellation Taurus, the Pleiades—also known as the “Seven Sisters”—appear as a compact group of stars ... in the Southern Hemisphere will ...
Swarms of satellites launched by SpaceX and other companies are disrupting astronomical observations. Here's how scientists ...
Twelve of the constellations the ecliptic passes through form the zodiac. Their names can be readily identified on standard star charts ... Observers in the Southern Hemisphere will have an ...
At the start of March, Mercury and Venus lay in the west after sunset. Now both have passed between us and the Sun into the ...
By nightfall at the start of April each year, there is a huge collection of bright stars in the western half of the sky. It includes seven stars of first magnitude or brighter, nearly half the ...
During evenings in April 2025, there are two bright planets visible. The departure of Venus has left Jupiter, in the west at ...
NGC 4941 dazzles in a new Hubble image, showcasing star-forming regions and a supermassive black hole that dramatically ...