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Moon Passes Within Half-Degree of Antares in Tonight’s Sky

Viewers can see a 93% illuminated moon near the heart of Scorpius without a telescope shortly after sunset.

NASA’s CODEX Maps Gusting Plasma Flows in Sun’s Outer Atmosphere

Saturn-Sized Exoplanet Orbits Record-Low Mass Star, Challenging Formation Theories

June Sky to Stage Antares Occultation, Strawberry Moon and Key Planetary Pairings

Webb Telescope Confirms First Extraterrestrial Water Ice in Young Star System

May Skywatching Highlights: Spring Triangle, Eta-Aquariids, and Saturn’s Rings Return

Astronomers Trace Mysterious Radio Pulses to Binary Star System

February 2025 Sky Highlights: Venus, Jupiter, Mars, and Rare Lunar Occultations

Jupiter Reaches Closest Point to Earth and Opposition in Rare Astronomical Event

Orionid Meteor Shower Peaks Tonight with Halley's Comet Debris

Astronomers Confirm Exoplanet Barnard b Orbiting Nearby Star

Astronomers Capture First High-Resolution Images of Spotted Polaris

August Skywatching: Perseid Meteor Shower and Planetary Conjunctions