September’s Full Corn Moon is eclipsed for some observers, Titan passes behind Saturn, and Mars moves north of Spica in the ...

Discover Sirius, the Dog Star, the brightest star in the night sky and learn how to spot it, its history, and why astronomers study it.

Dwarf planet Ceres reached its stationary point on August 15th, transitioning from eastward to westward motion relative to background stars, observable in the morning sky. On August 16th, a Last ...

Viewing with the aid of 10x50 binoculars will bring the light cast by a stellar cluster into sharper focus, or even allow you to resolve some of its brighter constituent stars. A telescope with an ...

Sky This Week is brought to you in part by Celestron. Friday, August 29The waxing Moon lies in southern Libra tonight. Our ...

Astronomers have observed what they believe to be a never-before-seen companion star orbiting Betelgeuse, a pulsating red supergiant star in the shoulder of the Orion constellation. One of the best ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Astronomers have spotted two bright "new stars" shining simultaneously in the night sky: V572 ...