While the sky being emblazoned with ads feels like something straight out of a dystopian science fiction movie, some swear ...

Sébastien Voltmer captured an edge-on view of Saturn without its rings. This alignment occurred while Saturn was very close ...

Venus, Saturn, and Mercury are full of surprises this month, and they have one more awe-striking display in store. Before ...

A freshly-discovered comet has lots of skywatchers training their telescopes on the dawn sky, but pretty soon the new Comet ...

This April, the skies put on a dazzling show – watch planets like Jupiter, Venus, and Mars glide across morning and evening ...

Meet the author: Dr. Phil Plait is an astronomer, author, and science communicator with a PhD in astronomy at the University of Virginia. He has written four books on astronomy and consulted on space ...

Minor Planet Center officially designated comet SWAN25F as C/2025 F2 (SWAN) on April 8. SWAN is an instrument particularly designed to study the Sun ...

The annual Lyrids meteor shower will appear in April after this month's "pink" full moon. Later this month, the crescent moon will be visible near Venus, Saturn and Mercury. The only full moon visible ...

A sky full of ads? A Russian company has already ... The advertisements would reportedly "only be switched on during dawn and dusk and only over major cities, thereby avoiding remote areas where ...

Catch two transits of Io, spot sparkling star clusters, and view Mars at aphelion while the April Full Moon lights the sky this week.

Mars and Jupiter take center stage this month. Mars is visible high overhead after dark, shining bright and red as it moves steadily eastward throughout April. Meanwhile, Jupiter remains an early ...

In late March, three amateur astronomers discovered Comet C/2025 F2 (SWAN). Immediately, predictions began appearing online stating the brightness this object might reach. But, as comet discoverer ...