Saturn's moon Iapetus reaches western elongation, attaining approximately 10th magnitude and appearing 10 arcminutes west of the primary. Saturn, with an apparent magnitude of 0.8, is observable ...

On November 13, Titan will undergo an occultation egress from behind Saturn's disk. This phenomenon will begin at 7:26 p.m. EST, occurring in darkness for observers in the eastern U.S. and during ...

Player One Astronomy, established in June 2020, specializes in advanced astronomical cameras and supporting equipment, dedicating 40% of its staff to research and development to produce ...

Dwarf planet 1 Ceres, an eighth-magnitude object, is observed in close angular proximity to a fainter ninth-magnitude background star, located 6’ southwest of the background star. Ceres is positioned ...

The Kepler Space Telescope, launched in 2009, successfully employed the transit method to search for exoplanets, ultimately observing over 500,000 stars and contributing to the discovery of almost ...

Multiple planetary observations are detailed, including a dual shadow transit of Io and Europa on Jupiter's cloud tops (visible on the U.S. West Coast), an occultation of Io by Jupiter's shadow, and ...

Star formation begins with protostars in cold molecular clouds, where gravitational contraction precedes nuclear fusion, and their early evolutionary stages are best characterized through ...

A leadership contest for the permanent NASA administrator position is underway, involving current interim administrator Sean Duffy and Jared Isaacman, whose prior nomination was unexpectedly withdrawn ...

The First Quarter Moon is scheduled for October 28 at 12:21 P.M. EDT, presenting its terminator halfway across the visible lunar disk. During this lunar phase, observers can distinguish maria and ...

On October 22, the Moon will achieve two close conjunctions, passing 5° south of Mars and 2° south of Mercury, before reaching its orbital apogee at 406,445 km (252,553 miles) from Earth. Observers ...

The emerging subdiscipline of "astroimmunology" has been formalized, focusing on understanding how spaceflight stressors significantly compromise the human immune system. A new guide, published in ...

China is preparing for the Shenzhou-21 crewed mission, targeting the Tiangong space station. The mission's launch, utilizing a Long March-2F carrier rocket from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, is ...