A comet, now known as 3I/ATLAS, with 3I short for "third interstellar," sparked immediate excitement on July 1 when it was ...

In the Sky gives M51's right ascension as 13h29m50s and its declination as 47°11'N. The galaxy, which has the alternative designation NGC 5194, was first discovered in October 1773 by Charles ...

The Andromeda galaxy is the closest spiral galaxy to our own, the Milky Way galaxy. “Close” may be deceiving, though, because Andromeda is over 2 million light years away!

What To See In The Night Sky This Week: May 8-14, 2023. With full Moon behind us the night skies at last begin to darken. A waning gibbous Moon later this week means our bright satellite rises ...

This new supernova has appeared in a galaxy — a star city — beyond our own. The galaxy is known as the Pinwheel Galaxy, (also designated as Messier 101, or M101) and is a large, loosely wound ...

The sky in Modesto and Sacramento is expected to be cloudless on Tuesday night, when the best galaxy viewing conditions begin, according to to the National Weather Service’s seven-day forecast.

You can see the duo together either with your naked eye or, better yet, a pair of stargazing binoculars, from the night of Jan. 31 to the early morning of Feb. 1 in the southern sky.

Billions of stars comprising the Milky Way, our home galaxy, should appear especially vibrant till May 30, 2025, as the band arcs across the night sky. Eric Lagatta USA TODAY NETWORK ...