Photo of the constellation Cygnus with annotations from IAU and Sky & Telescope. Here is the non-annotated version. You've heard of the Southern Cross in the Southern Hemisphere's night sky, but what ...

We live in the age of the spacefaring robot, wherein far-flung probes brave the harsh environment of interplanetary space to beam gorgeous images and invaluable scientific data back to Earth to ...

Step outside just after sunset and you may catch an unusual sight: six planets strung across the sky in a gentle arc. The ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. Have you seen the green comets yet? Two icy visitors from ...

As a space scientist, every time I go outside with my family, I tell my children to look up at the sky. The front door of our ...

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The occasion will see Mercury, Venus, Saturn, Jupiter, Uranus and Neptune align, with some of the planets visible to the ...