The Full Super Moon occults the Pleiades, the ice giant Uranus reaches opposition, and the Leonid meteor shower peaks in the ...

November’s major meteor shower ramps up as the Moon reaches perigee shortly before its Full phase in the sky this week.

A meteor shower - the Leonids - will also make an appearance, though the brightness of the moon may dampen their splendor.

Night sky observers always factor in the moon to determine the best time for astronomy viewing, especially for the two meteor ...

There's a bright "star" shining in the east after dark. It's Jupiter, which is now approaching it's biggest, brightest and ...

November brings many sights to explore, including Mercury in the early evening, Mars brightening, and the giant planets Jupiter and Saturn adding to the spectacle. Jupiter in particular is reaching ...

As a woman, she couldn’t use the observatory’s telescope. Rather, she studied photographic plates taken with Harvard’s Boyden ...

Spica, located in the constellation Virgo, is known for its brilliant blue-white hue and is one of the brightest stars ...

Uranus, at magnitude 5.7, will require binoculars or a telescope to spot, particularly with the Moon nearby. The distant ice ...

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

Jupiter, which currently gleams from within the sparkling winter constellation Taurus, reaches opposition with the sun just a ...

Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS didn’t quite live up to the expectations of being the “comet of the century” and during November its ...