The Orionid meteor shower peaks tonight. Remember, this is the meteor shower that generated the huge fireball meteor around 3 ...

Every year in October, as a result of the dust left behind by comet 21P/Giacobini-Zinner, the sky puts on a magical show: the ...

Over the past seven decades, thousands of sophisticated spacecraft have been launched on ambitious missions to look down on ...

Sky This Week is brought to you in part by Celestron. Friday, October 24The Moon passes 0.5° south of Antares at 9 P.M. EDT.

Look for the three stars that make up the distinctive formation of Orion's Belt — Alnitak, Alnilam and Mintaka — shining ...

On the evening of Oct. 9, a waning gibbous moon visits the famous Pleiades Star Cluster  — the Seven Sisters  — in Taurus.

Saturn maintains high visibility in October, located in Aquarius with its rings appearing nearly edge-on (tilting from 1.5° to 0.6°), which enhances observation of its atmospheric details and major ...

The month is packed with skywatching highlights—including two galaxies visible to the naked eye and a rare glimpse of the ...

Stargazers can expect to see around 20 meteors an hour during the peak of the Orionids. Learn more about October astronomy ...

On August 1st, a First Quarter Moon occurs at 8:41 A.M. EDT, reaching apogee at 4:36 P.M. EDT at a distance of 251,134 miles (404,161 km). The constellation Corona Borealis is visible in the west ...

Orionid Meteor Shower peaks October 21. The new moon phase will help to bring darker skies, but a weather system is also ...