Both Venus and Saturn will be in the Aquarius constellation, the water bearer, during their close approach. To help spot it, ...
In January, stargazers will be able to see four bright planets, the close dance of Venus and Saturn, Mars at opposition, and ...
The first black hole that astronomers observed "turning off" just turned back on, releasing jets of hot gas into the cosmos.
The James Webb Space Telescope has captured a mid-infrared picture of Sagittarius A*, filling in a long-standing gap in ...
Artist Ashley Zelinskie's new VR work is called "Twin Quasar." Two roads diverge between a pair of quasars, and I'm sorry I can't travel both — actually, wait, I can travel both.
Six planets grace the sky this month in what’s called a planetary parade. Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn are visible to the naked eye in January and for part of February.
Our sun is a lonely star. At least half the stars in our galaxy have binary companions. This was nicely illustrated in the ...
Mars, Venus, Jupiter, and Saturn can be spotted without special equipment, with Uranus and Neptune requiring a telescope.