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Get to know the stars of Carina constellation — and learn how to spot the False Cross instead of being fooled by it!

Mercury emerges in the sunset, far lower right of brighter Jupiter. And don't just arc to Arcturus and speed to Spica — continue the curve to Corvus, cruise to Capella, and more.

The solar eclipse of April 8, 2024, is the perfect opportunity to get people of all ages interested in the wonder of eclipses through art and science. Here are some activities that anyone with even a passing interest can get involved in

James Webb Space Telescope data on distant worlds confirm some solar system formation hypotheses and confuse others.

Eclipse weather expert Jay Anderson shares the long-range outlook for eclipse day as well as instructions on how to look at weather forecasts closer to April 8th.

Betelgeuse has dipped nearly half a magnitude since late January. Could it be headed for another Great Dimming Event? We also take a look at this spring's "other" eclipse.

In a new study, scientists suggest an impact with a giant icy object could explain the formation of Mars's moons, Phobos and Deimos.

Here's how to safely see the "diamond ring," the dazzling burst of sunlight seen just before and after totality.

The Moon sidles up to bold Jupiter, then the delicate Pleiades, then the Castor and Pollux twins. Arcturus, ascending in the east, is probably the third-brightest star you've ever seen and that's including the Sun.

Antes de intentar fotografiar el eclipse con su smartphone, lea el consejo de estos expertos.

Faint, small galaxies ionized the opaque fog that obscured the early universe.

Los fenómenos astronómicos y terrestres que no se debe perder durante el eclipse solar total del 8 de abril de 2024.

Space is hard, even when you don’t leave the ground.

JWST has directly imaged two giant exoplanets orbiting white dwarf stars. This discovery may reveal the fate of our solar system.

Wezen, a yellow supergiant more than 1,600 light-years from Earth, is also the tail of the Canis Major constellation.

It's early March, so the Winter Triangle balances on Sirius after dark. The Gemini twins float high across the meridian. Leo jumps the gun on spring.

As told in the latest episode of our long-running Sky Tour astronomy podcast, this month it’ll be challenging to a special kind of lunar eclipse on March 25th — but easy to spot five of the 10 brightest stars in the night sky.

Totality may not be quite as dark as nighttime, but the difference between 99% obscuration and 100% is still night and day.

The three new moons for Uranus and Neptune are each part of a "family," groupings that fragmented from a single parent object.

Try this solar-eclipse experiment as you're watching the Moon cover up the Sun.

Find time this season to set aside your telescope and seek the night sky's ghostly glows.