The Alpha Aurigid meteor shower peaks overnight Sept. 1–2, offering a modest show of just a few meteors per hour. Here’s what ...

A dark Hill Country sky, a new moon and a little patience finally deliver a memorable night.

September brings plenty of reasons to look to the skies. From a meteor shower and bright Venus to the official change of ...

Memorable skywatching events start right from the first day, and the next few weeks will bring meteors, a Full Moon and ...

The two annual equinoxes mark the midpoint between the summer and winter solstices. On an equinox, the earth's axial tilt is perpendicular to the sun, meaning that both the Northern and Southern ...

From the “false dawn” of the zodiacal light to Neptune at peak visibility, early autumn provides plenty of reasons to turn ...

On this September episode of The Sky Above, learn about the autumnal equinox, NASA's newest telescope and more.

Communication between the telescope and Earth will be via NASA’s Near Space Network (NSN), an array of ground stations and a ...

Boyajian’s Star has baffled astronomers for a decade with its chaotic brightness dips. A new Bayesian analysis by IAC ...

Venus is the brightest object in the west after sunset, reaching its greatest illuminated extent this month. Neptune reaches ...

Skywatchers across southern Manitoba were treated to a partial lunar eclipse Thursday night. The moon moved through Earth's ...

My transistor radio comes from far away; and when it’s night over here, over there, it’s breakin’ day,” – Bob Morris and Faye ...