Find out what's up in your night sky during October 2024 and how to see it in this Space.com stargazing guide.

Mars’ features are starting to become visible, Mercury appears in the evening sky, and the Trifid Nebula glows in the sky ...

Made using 13 years of observations across 420 nights, the new map charts a vast number of stars, "failed" brown dwarfs, free ...

Astronomy is a wonderful hobby or interest for ... if you can find a spot free from the glare of nearby lights—and get the kids involved at every step. Educational research has clearly shown ...

Using the European Southern Observatory’s (ESO) Visible and Infrared Survey Telescope for Astronomy ... sky equivalent to ...

In the 1997 movie "Contact," adapted from Carl Sagan's 1985 novel, the lead character scientist Ellie Arroway (played by actor Jodi Foster) takes a space-alien-built wormhole ride to the star Vega ...

This event is linked to Halley’s comet, and occurs as another comet, Tsuchinshan-ATLAS, remains visible. But a nearly full ...

As a result, I got the thinking about the role that planetary science and astronomy ultimately plays in our everyday lives. Are people who live in areas that have a marvelous view of the sky ...

Nov. 1-9 – Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS slowly slides upward from the bell-shaped constellation Ophiuchus into Aquila the Eagle ...

As night descended in an ecological park in central Mexico, tiny stars appeared in the sky one by one, aligning into constellations ...

From the marvel of the Milky Way galaxy, to meteors, and the different phases of the Moon – there is lots to learn about Indigenous astronomy and star knowledge. Looking up into the night sky ...

Astronomers study this light to learn about the formation of the universe and the nature of the cosmos. Talk starts at 7:30 PM, but astronomy-lovers are invited to mix and mingle before the lecture ...