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Nighttime observing program at Kitt Peak National Observatory. Credit: B. Foott/KPNO/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA To the Moon University of Chicago PressChicago, IL Lunar: ...

Two planets stand out in March’s evening sky, but let’s start our tour with a pair of lesser lights that ...

Star trails mark the sky at Calhoun County Park in West Virginia. The author took 15-second exposures for a total ...

This dramatic image of the ring shadows on Saturn was taken by Cassini July 16, 2005, when the rings were ...

Back to Article List From the February 2025 issue Predictions are uncertain, but the solar system may be pushed farther ...

Back to Article List From the February 2025 issue While the composition of gas and dust in a molecular cloud ...

The exoplanet K2-18 b may have an ocean of water beneath a hydrogen-rich atmosphere, as shown in this artist’s concept. ...

We’re quickly losing sight of Saturn, but Venus, Jupiter, and Mars dominate the sky. Uranus and Neptune are easy binocular ...

Back to Article List From the January 2025 issue Our white dwarf Sun will cool for billions upon billions of ...

Several bright jets spew from the surface of Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko as ices on the nucleus turn to gas. This image ...