February may be the shortest month of the year, but it is packed with celestial events, according to a new skywatching update from NASA.

Scientists have produced the first global map and analysis of small mare ridges (SMRs) on the moon, a characteristic ...

Now researchers think they've solved the mystery of one of the longest star-dimming events ever recorded. The star, called ASASSN-24fw, may have disappeared behind a giant planet with an enormous ...

Recent research suggests that Saturn's bright rings and its largest moon, Titan, may have both originated in collisions among its moons. While Cassini's 13-year mission expanded our understanding of ...

This post features biographies and notable quotes from oral history interviews with planetary geophysicist Lynnae Quick, ...

Jupiter the Grouper in his tank at the Florida Aquarium in Tampa, Florida on Feb. 7, 2026—eyes like glazed over blueberries.

Surprises could rock the boat, but they shouldn’t capsize it. With romantic Venus squaring unpredictable Uranus at 4:48 am ...

But unlike Jupiter, Venus does have phases, going from not illuminated at all (when it is between the Earth and the Sun) to ...

Who will raise the Lombardi to the gods of the game come Sunday? The fates of the field have yet to speak, but the stars are ...

Sky This Week is brought to you in part by Celestron. Friday 6The bright star Sirius dominates the southern sky late this ...

New data from NASA's Juno orbiter reveals Jupiter is slightly smaller and more 'squashed' than scientists previously thought.

Echo Bluff State Park in Eminence, Missouri is that rare treasure – 476 acres of pristine Ozark wilderness where towering ...