Venus puts on its best show of the year in the evening sky, visible until very late. Mars also continues as an evening object, while other planets congregate in the morning. Saturn is beginning to improve its visibility in the predawn sky and Jupiter... Catch a lunar eclipse: This Week in Astronomy with Dave Eicher Hi folks, tune in every week of 2023 for the best in astronomy from Astronomy Editor Dave Eicher, brought to you by Celestron. This week, we'll discuss the penumbral lunar eclipse that will be visible across much of the world on May 5. This event i ..read more

First image from new balloon-based telescope revealed The Super Pressure Balloon-borne Imaging Telescope (SuperBIT) launched from Wānaka, New Zealand, on April 16 and has already captured stunning images of the Tarantula Nebula, kickstarting its 100-day hunt for dark matter. The helium-filled super pr ..read more

A new look at Mars’ moon Deimos highlights its mysterious origin : How quickly will the Sun become a red giant? Will the Sun’s expansion into a red giant be gradual or explosive? John Haley Huntsville, Alabama Stars use pressure created by nuclear fusion to combat gravity and stay “alive.” More accurately, this balance allows stars to stay in what is calle ..read more

Lunar eclipse on May 5 will be a subtle show of astronomical wonder : Hubble spies a luminous lenticular with an active black-hole heart The Hubble Space Telescope recently captured this captivating image of the lenticular galaxy NGC 3489, located some 30 million light-years away in the constellation Leo the Lion. Lenticular galaxies are disk-shaped galaxies that skirt the line betwee ..read more

Enjoy Venus and Mars in the evenings Friday, May 5 The week kicks off with a stunning Full Flower Moon, the name for May’s Full Moon. Luna reaches Full phase at 1:34 P.M. EDT; this evening, observers in Africa, Asia, Australia, and New Zealand will enjoy a subtle penumbral lunar eclipse ..read more

Friday, May 12 Last Quarter Moon occurs at this morning 10:28 A.M. EDT. Because the Moon rises early and sets in the afternoon during this phase, the evening sky is clear of moonlight for easier deep-sky viewing after dark. The large constellation ..read more

Finding life on other planets might well be the holy grail of astronomy, but the hunt for suitable host planets that can sustain life is a resource-intensive task. The search for exoplanets (planets outside our solar system) involves competing for ti ..read more

Hi folks, tune in every week of 2023 for the best in astronomy from Astronomy Editor Dave Eicher, brought to you by Celestron. This week, we'll teach you how you can see the Lyrid meteor shower, which peaked last night (April 23) and still offer ..read more

Leo the Lion is one of the oldest constellations, with origins dating back to the Mesopotamians. It is also one of the most distinctive constellations in the night sky. Brilliant Regulus, marking Leo’s heart, first calls our attention. The Lion ..read more

The Japanese start-up ispace attempted to become the first private company to successfully soft-land a commercial spacecraft on the Moon today (Tuesday, April 25). However, it now appears that the landing attempt — like several other such attem ..read more