Successful astronomical observing sessions are significantly enhanced by pre-planning an observing list, ideally sorted geographically (west to east) to optimize viewing flow. Observers are advised to ...

Observing the wonders of the night sky begins with selecting the right telescope. Join us on Nov. 20, 2025, at 9:00 am EST for Astronomy Unlocked: How to Choose Your Best Telescope. This virtual event ...

Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS will reach perihelion, its closest approach to the Sun, on October 30, 2025, marking the climax of its brief, hyperbolic trajectory through our solar system before its ...

On November 18, observers are advised to look for Leonid meteors in the morning. Also on November 18, bright Venus (magnitude –3.9) will appear approximately 0.8° to the left of the 2.8 magnitude star ...

Saturn's moon Iapetus reaches western elongation, attaining approximately 10th magnitude and appearing 10 arcminutes west of the primary. Saturn, with an apparent magnitude of 0.8, is observable ...

On November 13, Titan will undergo an occultation egress from behind Saturn's disk. This phenomenon will begin at 7:26 p.m. EST, occurring in darkness for observers in the eastern U.S. and during ...

The Kepler Space Telescope, launched in 2009, successfully employed the transit method to search for exoplanets, ultimately observing over 500,000 stars and contributing to the discovery of almost ...

Jared Isaacman has been renominated by President Donald Trump for NASA Administrator, a position from which he was previously withdrawn in May following a review of prior associations. Isaacman's ...

November presents a dynamic celestial calendar, with Mercury transitioning from the evening to morning sky and Venus's visibility diminishing throughout the month. The gas giants Jupiter, Saturn, ...

Star formation begins with protostars in cold molecular clouds, where gravitational contraction precedes nuclear fusion, and their early evolutionary stages are best characterized through ...

The article details observational opportunities for two open star clusters in Cassiopeia: NGC 559 (the "Ghost's Goblet") on October 31, and M103 on November 7, emphasizing their visibility with ...