Mars shines brightly this week as it reaches opposition, appearing golden-red in the sky near Jupiter. Look for it in the ...

The president’s Inaugural Address linked landing on the Red Planet with Manifest Destiny, but left many of the specifics ...

The first full moon of January 2025 -- the Wolf Moon -- is here, according to NASA, and skygazers will get a little extra ...

With frigid temperatures and dangerously cold wind chills, you may want to wait a few more days to check them out. Don't ...

To catch February’s full moon at its roundest, get outside by sunrise on Feb. 12, because the moon sets in the west shortly ...

It was NASA’s Orion capsule, which would soon end the 25-day Artemis I mission around and beyond the moon with a fiery splashdown into the ocean. Orion's reentry followed a sharply angled ...

The constellation Orion will also be visible throughout the night, just to the right of Jupiter, the moon and Mars. In the middle of the constellation, onlookers can spot Orion's Belt, a line of ...

Sending humans to Mars is one of the most ambitious goals in the history of space exploration. Unlike missions to the Moon, ...

Any clear winter night this month, look due south between 8:00 and 10:00 pm to spot the large “hour-glass” shape of Orion the ...

If you’ve been a faithful reader of my Skywatch column, thank you! You also know how much I love the winter constellations ...

In February, the iconic winter stars and constellations reach their prime positions for viewing. On the 1st, all will be ...