Stargazers will in one week have a chance to spot Saturn and the moon sharing a section of the night sky in what's known as a ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. M31, the Andromeda Galaxy, is one of the most spectacular ...

Skygazers, get ready to head outside and spot the supermoon tonight. The full moon will appear on Monday, Oct. 6, and you shouldn't have any trouble seeing it, as it'll be the first of four ...

It was early January 2025 when a faint light spot was observed at the Mt. Lemmon Observatory in Arizona. Follow-up observations revealed that the object was a comet visiting from the outer edge of the ...

With the gas giants now close to their best, here are the best refractors, Maksutov-Cassegrain and Schmidt-Cassegrain telescopes to help you see Saturn’s rings and the cloud bands of Jupiter. When you ...

A comet from another star system is due to make its closest—and final—approach to Earth this week before it continues on its journey back toward interstellar space. Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS will ...

Comet C/2025 R2 (SWAN) will make a close flyby of Earth on Oct. 21. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. A bright new solar system ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. If you look up at the sky late at night and see clouds of multicolored light swirling in the darkness, you aren't witnessing an alien invasion ...