Monday, October 26 October’s Full Moon occurs at 12:12 A.M. EDT, shining brightly in both the morning and evening sky. The October Full Moon is also called the Hunter’s Moon, which follows the Full ...

This small martian satellite, the mission target for MMX, is destined to be shredded, changing the Red Planet forever.

Meteors streak past the stars as the First Quarter Moon shines and Iapetus reaches superior conjunction in the sky this week.

The planet Mercury stands 25° east of the Sun. View the solar system’s smallest planet, along with the crescent Moon, in the ...

The Wild Duck Cluster is flying through the nighttime sky, a great object to check out during lengthening autumn evenings.

Saturn’s small moon Tethys makes another transit across the disk along with its shadow; several other moons are observable as ...

JAXA launches its Martian Moons eXploration mission from Tanegashima, Rocket Lab returns to New Zealand, and China lines up ...

Two jovian moons cross each other’s paths from our point of view, appearing to merge in the telescope eyepiece.

The Southern Fish is home to the bright luminary Fomalhaut, a lovely young star that shines brightly in the evening sky.

Learn the basics of the celestial coordinate system, like right ascension and declination, for accurate stargazing.

Discover this year's most exciting new astronomy products selected by Astronomy's contributing editor and gear guru, Phil ...