Galileo was the first person to observe the rings of Saturn. He spent hour after hour on painstaking drawings of the Moon through its phases, observed Venus and Mars, and even made sketches of ...

Saturn's ring was long believed to be a continuous solid mass. Bond and Peirce regarded it as liquid, but in 1884 Pratt discovered a distinct granulation which suggested its true nature.

Sometimes the best stargazing happens on ordinary nights. Late June 2025 showcases consistent cosmic rhythms: Venus is brilliant as Morning Star 2-3 hours before sunrise, Mars is red in Leo during ...

Late June 2025 showcases consistent cosmic rhythms: Venus is brilliant as Morning Star 2-3 hours before sunrise, Mars is red in Leo during evening, Saturn's rings are tilted beautifully near the ...

I was looking forward to writing a tribute to clear summer skies and great summer stargazing in the Pacific Northwest.

And, scientists with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) have detected what they like to call a ...

Space is a very big place, and as such, it's full of mysteries that scientists can't explain. Some of this is simply because it's impossible to fully observe, thanks to its sheer size and the ...

Felton Davis offered thousands of strangers a close-up view of the Moon and planets orbiting New York City. Now he’s passing ...

This gas giant has some really unique features that make it stand out. If you’re curious about space, learning a few things ...

The solar wind pushes some of the gas and dust away from the comet, forming those beautiful tails we see. A comet actually ...

Jupiter isn’t alone in this category; Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune are also gas giants, though Uranus and Neptune are often ...

Our universe just got a lot weirder. From planets with rings larger than the Sun to alien worlds where it rains molten iron or glows magenta, NASA’s latest exoplanet discoveries are challenging ...