The word is derived from the Latin occultäre, to conceal or hide. Occultations of planets by the moon are fairly rare events ...

You may need binoculars or a telescope for this one. It includes the three furthest planets in our solar system.

Jupiter, which currently gleams from within the sparkling winter constellation Taurus, reaches opposition with the sun just a ...

Here’s everything you need to know about astrophotography in November 2024: ...

The Hera spacecraft, which launched this month to study a binary asteroid system up close. turned its gaze back at our planet ...

The growing trend of astrotourism continues to draw new travellers to the wonders of the night sky in places where light ...

Astronauts on board the International Space Station (ISS) experience a surprising and unusual variation of day and night.

Sunita Williams reflected on this surreal experience in 2013 at the University of Gujarat in the presence of then Chief ...

Watch for the brightest planets in the sky throughout the month, as well.

In his seminal work of popular geology called Basin and Range, John McPhee first pinned the concept of deep time down on ...

November’s major meteor shower ramps up as the Moon reaches perigee shortly before its Full phase in the sky this week.