Measuring distances across the universe is much more challenging than measuring distances on Earth. Is a brighter star closer ...

You’ll find several bright planets, stars and obvious constellations in the February evening sky. The most obvious ...

The brilliant planet brightens from magnitude –4.4 to magnitude –4.7 during January, far surpassing any other planet or star ... that extended to the far southern sky? To address this question ...

It would not be as easy to spot in the sky as our North Star, but it could do the trick. On its southern hemisphere, the star Alpha Pictoris will stand out primarily because it is almost perfectly ...

the part of the pole extending from the Southern Hemisphere points toward our star. During the Summer Solstice in the Northern Hemisphere, the pole that extends from this half of the planet is ...

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 ...

A star in the Northern Hemisphere’s night ... crescent of Corona Borealis (it's not visible from the Southern Hemisphere). T CrB, or T Cor Bor, is in the constellation of Corona Borealis.

The brilliant planet brightens from magnitude –4.4 to magnitude –4.7 during January, far surpassing any other planet or star ... that extended to the far southern sky? To address this question ...