"We didn't know what exactly to expect from these first observations – the sun's poles are literally terra incognita,” Sami ...

"Astronomy for our ancestors was very integral to their lives. We needed it for finding food, for learning law [and] knowing how to direct yourselves at night time,” Ms Banks told The Point.

This month will usher in two separate conjunctions — one between the moon and a rarely-visible Mercury, and another between the moon and Mars.

Venus moves east as July progresses and stands 3° due north of Aldebaran on the 14th, after skirting the northern regions of ...

By the following night, Mars will have officially entered the Spring Triangle, having (just) crossed the imaginary line joining Regulus and Arcturus. The Red Planet will continue to skim along the ...

For folks in the United States, July evenings mean 4th of July fireworks. While you're waiting for the show, be sure to watch ...

Watch out this month for a Full Moon that barely skims the horizon, a phenomenon that inspired prehistoric astronomers, Nigel Henbest writes ...

An asteroid has been named in honour of a Victorian astronomer after research revealed she was the first woman at the ...

Spica is magnitude 1 and sits close to the ecliptic, the plane of the solar system, which is also near the Moon’s orbit through our sky. At times, the Moon will pass in front of Spica from our ...

Mercury reaches its greatest elongation, 26 degrees east of the sun on July 4. From latitude 40 degrees north, the +0.6-magnitude planet is low in the west-northwest and sets during twilight about 1.5 ...

Regulus is the brightest star in the constellation Leo. The point of light is coming ... because it is situated near the ...