The moon is new on August 23. Back in the evening sky, the thin crescent moon will pass three degrees south of Mars in the ...

Webb's Near-Infrared Camera view shows at least two or three distinct outflows of gas — jets stretching in different ...

August’s full moon is the Sturgeon Moon, a name taken from the ancient fish that was once plentiful in the lakes and rivers ...

August’s full moon arrives at 2:55 a.m. on Aug. 9. As it wanes, it will play spoiler to the annual Perseid meteor shower, which is predicted to peak in the early morning hours of Aug. 12 or Aug. 13.

Employers, tax lawyers and payroll professionals are wrapping their arms around the deduction, which Trump signed into law ...

Since the discovery of planetary nebulae in the late 1700s, astronomers have learned that these expanding shells of glowing ...

Stars are more colorful than you think! Patience will reveal them; head outside tonight to see summer’s multi-hued stars.

The cast and crew of James Gunn's Superman reflect on DC's seminal graphic novel All-Star Superman and why it was such a profound influence on the movie.

Following Saturn is Venus, rising in New York at 2:51 a.m. on July 25. Venus is in Taurus, and so bright that it is ...

THE most anticipated meteor shower of the year, the Perseids, will peak on the night on August 12/13 when around 80 meteors per hour might be ...

Mars gets lost as it sinks deep into the sun’s afterglow. Meanwhile, Jupiter climbs above the predawn eastern horizon to join brilliant Venus.

The loose open cluster NGC 7243 makes it worth learning the location of Lacerta the Lizard, now visible in the evening sky.