Space News & Blog Articles

Images and spectra from the James Webb Space Telescope suggest that the first galaxies in the universe are too many or too bright compared to what astronomers expected.

Although no total lunar eclipses occur this year, skywatchers can look forward to two “central” solar eclipses — including an annular event in October whose path runs from Oregon through Texas.

Native American tribes each had their own full Moon names — we introduce the most commonly used ones and the traditions behind them.

Astronomical observatories enjoy some of the world’s darkest night skies. But even there light pollution is spreading, a new study suggests.

Saturn approaches Venus in twilight, Jupiter and Mars ride high, and Mare Orientale peeks around the edhe of the Moon. And, try exploring the many double stars in Orion's Sword.

Why do we look up? Because we are a way for the universe to know itself; and perhaps because the universe is a way for us to know ourselves.

The Winter Hexagon is not the only key to finding six of the season's most prominent constellations but also a gateway to a more than a half-dozen delightful double stars.

A tour of Jupiter’s moons and a mission to a "metal asteroid" are among the spacecraft to be launched in 2023.

Acclaimed astrophotographer Akira Fujii's wide-field views of the constellations, each with impeccable star images, have been a hallmark of Sky & Telescope magazine for nearly four decades.

For those well north of the equator, January’s long nights provide lots of time to enjoy the starry sky — and the stars of winter are spectacular! This month’s celestial highlights include a close pass of Saturn and Venus, a strong meteor shower, and much more. Our fun and factual Sky Tour podcast provides all the details.

Venus creeps up, Saturn sinks down; in three weeks the two shall meet. The Moon meets Mars. Orion comes into his own to rule the winter, and Sirius emerges below him.

NASA's groundbreaking Insight lander on Mars has fallen silent.

The James Webb Space Telescope leads our list of the top news stories of the year. See what else made the Top 10!

New data from a detector tucked under a mountain in Italy has shed light on what's inside the Sun.

The two richest, most reliable annual meteor showers, the Perseids and Geminids, are Moon-free in 2023. Others showers await you too.

How to start out right with a new telescope — a guide to what you need to know, how to set it up, and things you can start finding with it in tonight's sky.

Venus and Mercury glimmer low in the southwest in twilight. The newborn crescent Moon starts the week with them, then visits Saturn, Jupiter, and Mars as it fills out toward full.

The James Webb Space Telescope's early-release image of the Cosmic Cliffs is revealing growth spurts in young stars.

Echoing summer's great arc of planets at dawn, winter presents the full octet again, this time splayed across the evening sky.

When spacetime shivers last only a fraction of a second — as in the case of the massive-black-hole merger GW190521 — astronomers struggle to uncover their origins.

A new deep field from the James Webb Space Telescope shows how galaxies evolved in the early universe.