Mars is brightening and the giant planet Jupiter is reaching its best apparition in a decade for Northern Hemisphere ...

Note: Moon phases in the calendar vary in size due to the distance from Earth and are shown at 0h Universal Time. Credit: Astronomy: Roen Kelly The moonrise and moonset schedule this week The ...

From three meteor showers to a planetary alignment right next to a famous constellation, here are the top astronomy events to mark on your November 2024 calendar.

Venus is the brilliant evening “star” now shining at magnitude -4 in the southwest at dusk. In early November—five months ...

Name: Nabta Playa What it is: An ancient stone circle in the Egyptian desert that may be the oldest known astronomical observatory ... think formed a primitive calendar. Related: Scythian on ...

Two of the more than 6,000 Maya structures archaeologists recently discovered in Mexico's Yucatán Peninsula include an ...

A new AI machine learning technique helped historians analyze 76,000 pages from astronomy textbooks spanning nearly two centuries.

They found that this cluster harbors two stellar populations ... A study published in Astronomy & Astrophysics marks a significant milestone in our understanding of the formation and dynamical ...

In modern times, they’re considered to be around Groundhog Day (February 2), May Day (May 1), Lammas (August 1) – and of course, Halloween (October 31). The latter falls between the fall equinox and ...

From a readily visible comet to a regularly scheduled supermoon, October’s night sky was busier than usual, topped off with t ...

Astronomy and astrophysics are the study of objects and phenomena that are found beyond our solar system. This combines theoretical simulations and observation with both terrestrial and space ...

While you’re there, don’t miss “Expedition Reef,” an exclusive spine-tingling underwater full-dome Halloween adventure in the ...