According to Greek and Roman mythology, Sagittarius depicts a centaur shooting an arrow. In case you’ve never run into one, a ...

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The Helix Nebula is revealing how debris from a dying star gets broken apart and mixed into the gas between stars.

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Perseverance caught Earth slipping behind Phobos on Mars, the first time anyone has recorded the sight from another planet's ...

Mars stands within 1° of the open cluster M35 in the early-morning sky of the 14th. Both are located at the feet of Gemini the Twins, after Mars crossed into the constellation from Taurus just two ...

Astronomers have released more than three million new spectra in a sweeping expansion that, for the first time, brings SDSS-V optical observations to the Southern Hemisphere. The data reveal ...

Coinciding with this month's New Moon, the peak of the Perseids could put on the best show we've seen from this meteor shower ...

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Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. The image was captured by the Meteosat-12 satellite in ...

This week in Starwatch, I want to take you to the low southern skies for one of the best constellations of summer, Sagittarius the Archer. Not only is Sagittarius easy to find, but it’s also in the ...