Jamie Carter is an award-winning reporter who covers the night sky. It's too early ... Given that Comet A3 had been predicted ...

Astronomers and sky watchers have their fingers crossed that an approaching comet could put on a nighttime show on Earth next month, but it’s already strutting its stuff for those in space.

In Japan, Autumnal Equinox Day is a national holiday. In Japanese, it’s known as Shubun no Hi (秋分の日), according to Coto ...

Comets take the name of the discoverer, whether that be a human or an automated telescopic survey that robotically inspects ...

"Installed in the 100-inch telescope dome at Mount Wilson Observatory, "Of Sea and Sky" connects around themes of ...

A new analysis of the brushstrokes and colors in Vincent van Gogh's famous painting Starry Night reveals a striking ...

Get ready for a spectacular showing of the full moon this month but that's not all. In September, a supermoon, a harvest moon ...

The moon will appear full for about three days, from Monday evening through Thursday morning, according to NASA.

The final hurdle for Tsuchinshan-ATLAS to surmount will come on the afternoon of Sept. 27, when it arrives at perihelion — the closest point in its orbit to the sun.

Halley’s Comet appears only once every 75 years, sparking excitement among both casual observers and astronomers. Learn what ...

There’s a rare chance to see a comet in the night sky during September and October this year. We’re talking about the comet ...

The big attractions of our column today are a small eclipse of an especially big harvest moon Tuesday night and the arrival ...