I just had to share this awesome comet photo taken yesterday morning. What a thing of beauty, as sleek as a tailfin on a '59 Cadillac. A few amateur astronomers in Brazil and Australia are seeing the ...

Wow, what a perspective! The Cassini Orbiter took this photo - a mosaic of 36 images made through three color filters - on Oct. 10 from a highly inclined orbit that lets us peer over both the north ...

On April 22nd, the Lyrid meteor shower will peak. On the 25th of the month, comet C/2025 R3 (PANSTARRS) at 7.7 will reach its ...

Though the rings appear solid from afar, they’re actually a dynamic, rotating system of icy debris. One theory suggests they may be remnants of a moon or comet torn apart by Saturn's immense gravity.

Summer nights offer lots of interesting sights this month. Mercury and Mars are on show in the evening twilight. Both Uranus and Neptune stand near brighter beacons: Neptune and Saturn are two ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. Skywatchers will be treated to a striking pairing of the ...