Comets SWAN and Lemmon will both swing by Earth and appear bright in the sky near the end of October. Here’s how to see them.

Remote astronomical imaging offers advantages over on-site observation, eliminating travel, setup time, and weather-related setbacks. Successful remote imaging necessitates robust, reliable equipment ...

October is shaping up to be a great month for skywatchers. Two comets blazing through our solar system—C/2025 R2 (SWAN) and C/2025 A6 (Lemmon)—will become more visible to the naked eye in a few weeks.

A full moon, nicknamed the "Corn Moon," is slated for Sunday, Sept. 7, but there are several other astronomy events to keep in mind for the month. The planet Saturn will be at its biggest and ...

Astronomy day 2025 is upon us! To celebrate, we've picked six targets to emphasize the variety and scale of objects visible ...

Have telescope, will travel, sometimes really far. The University of Virginia Occultation Group, astronomy undergraduates who observe and track asteroids and small planets, make most of their ...

From a distance, Biosphere 2 emerges from the cacti and creosote of the Sonoran desert like a gleaming oasis, a colony of ...