Mars shines brightly this week as it reaches opposition, appearing golden-red in the sky near Jupiter. Look for it in the ...

The stars lie approximately 11 million miles (less than 18 million kilometers) away from each other and appear as a single point of light in the sky. The combined light from Spica's two stars is ...

STARGAZERS may be able to catch the birth of a new star if they keep their eyes to the sky over the next few weeks. T Coronae Borealis, dubbed the "blaze star", is expected to burst into life any ...

Every so often, one passes by Earth close enough for us to see in the night sky with the naked eye, though the view is made even better with a telescope. What might appear to be a single star to ...

"It is possible that T Tauri could disappear from the sky in the future." One of the most notable baby stars in the galaxy, T Tauri, could be about to vanish from sight for decades as a thick ...

I pick out North America’s celestial highlights for the week ahead (which also apply to mid-northern latitudes in the ...

A rare planetary alignment, which will see six planets line up in a row across the night sky, is due to take place from ...