On this date, Jan. 29, 1859, American astronomer William Cranch Bond died. Cranch and his son, George Phillps Bond, ...

The new moon of January will be at 7:36 a.m. Eastern Time on Jan. 29, according to the U.S. Naval Observatory, and two days ...

To see the moon occult Saturn one must be in Asia ... Jupiter, meanwhile, is almost due north by 9 p.m.; the planet transits at 9:20 p.m. and in Melbourne is about 31 degrees high, and sets ...

Apollo 14, the third U.S. mission to land on the moon, blasted off using a Saturn V rocket from Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

Wednesday, February 5 First Quarter Moon occurs at 3:02 A.M. EST. Nearly half a day later, the Moon passes 5° north of Uranus ...

The Aquarian new moon on January 29 is an invitation to dip your toes into new experiences, especially when it comes to ...

Scientists studying samples that NASA collected from the asteroid Bennu found a wide assortment of organic molecules that ...

(March 21-April 19) ★★ Don’t expect too much of yourself today. Get in gear. Make a simple to-do list. The enthusiasm of the ...

Just east of Betelgeuse is the fine binocular cluster NGC 2244. But the much fainter Rosette Nebula that lies around the cluster shows up nicely in this fine photo of it by EAAA member James Schultz.