Jamie Carter

On April 8, 2024, a rare total solar eclipse came to parts of 14 U.S. states, transcending politics and differences, and strengthening local community networks.

Sky-watchers worldwide were treated to a spectacular sight as the full “Buck Moon” rose in the east. This year, it was possible to see Mercury, too.

Command module pilot Michael Collins took this iconic Apollo 11 photo 55 years ago today, after his historic trip around the far side of the moon made him "the world's loneliest man".

Each Monday, I pick out North America's celestial highlights for the week ahead (which also apply to mid-northern latitudes in the northern hemisphere).

Discover your night sky this week, July 22-28, 2024, using just your naked eyes, no equipment necessary.

A total solar eclipse will come to Australia and New Zealand on July 22, 2028, with totality as long as 5 minutes and 10 seconds. Here's where to be and why to plan now.

NASA's Juno orbiter captures stunning images of Jupiter and its moons, including its tiny potato-shaped moon Amalthea

Look east before midnight on July 23 and 24 to see a waning gibbous moon close to the ringed planet.

Saturn is back. The sixth planet from the sun and the second largest in the solar system is at the top of most amateur astronomers' wish list. In July, it rises just before midnight and is high in the south before sunrise, but there are two nights this month when the famously “ringed planet” is visited by a waning gibbous moon.

The core of the Milky Way in Sagittarius low in the south over the Frenchman River valley at ... [+] Grasslands National Park, Saskatchewan, a Dark