Astronomers are often asked how the casual observer can distinguish planets from bright stars in the night sky.

Stargazers are in for a treat this month, with the night sky expected to be chock-full of wondrous astronomical sights. From showers of glowing meteors to unusually bright planets, December has a ...

Standing beneath the Milky Way has always been a beautiful sight, if you were lucky enough to find dark skies on a dark night. But the revelation of recent advances in digital photography is that ...

Find out what's up in your night sky during December 2024 and how to see it in this Space.com stargazing guide. Looking for a telescope for the next night sky event? We recommend the Celestron ...

So it can be seen slowly moving across the entire night sky with respect to the background stars—and it’s therefore Earth’s changing position in the solar system that is the biggest factor ...

As of today Mars will reverse its apparent west-to-east movement in the night sky and begin moving from east-to-west against the background stars. This is called “retrograde motion” and it ...

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Saturday is the beginning of winter, which is the shortest day of the year. Utah offers 31 dark sky locations for stargazing ...

See Jupiter at its brightest for the rest of this decade, and one of the best meteor showers will compete with the Moon as it puts on its dazzling annual display this month. Keep checking for ...