The evening sky presents quite a show this month. The bright planets Venus and Jupiter shine prominently in the northwest as the sky darkens. It’s best to look for Venus first. The brilliant planet ...

The young cluster Pismis 24 lies at the heart of the Lobster Nebula (NGC 6357) in Scorpius. The brilliant stars rank among the hottest and most massive in our galaxy. Tens of thousands of background ...

Celestron’s Weatherproof Telescope Cover protects the company’s scopes as large as 11 inches from the effects of the elements. The aluminum-laminated cover measures 57.9 by 70.1 inches (147 by 178 ...

Space travel is, of course, an inherently dangerous undertaking. In addition to concerns about equipment malfunctions and the risks of manufacturing an Earth-like environment in the vacuum of space, ...

Yesterday, the four-person Artemis 2 crew completed the first crewed lunar flyby since Apollo 17 in 1972, passing within roughly 4,067 miles of the lunar surface before turning back toward Earth. The ...

Before wrapping up their first flight day, the crew of Artemis 2 pulled off another feat of NASA in-flight troubleshooting: fixing their broken toilet. It might not rank as NASA’s no. 1 triumph, or ...

The countdown has begun. The crew is ready. And barring any last-minute hiccups, four astronauts on Wednesday will begin a journey that sends them farther from Earth than any human has gone before.

Exciting planetary action takes place this month. Venus and Uranus vie for attention and lie close to each other in late April. Jupiter offers a lot to observe through a telescope, particularly events ...

If you plan to see Project Hail Mary this weekend, make sure to stick around for the end credits. Scrolling alongside the names of the cast and crew is Brisbane-based astrophotographer Rod Prazeres, ...

What would you do if you woke up on a spaceship light-years from Earth without knowing why you’re there? Project Hail Mary opens in theaters March 20. Ahead of the film’s release, Astronomy spoke with ...

Finally, some good news for Artemis 2: NASA has fixed the helium flow issue that pushed the mission’s launch window from March to April. The Space Launch System (SLS) rocket and Orion spacecraft are ...

After 25 years of planning, six years of data collection, and six more years of analysis, scientists have published a portion of the final results of the Dark Energy Survey (DES) — the largest, most ...