The ringed planet reaches opposition, Mars slips past the open cluster M35, and the original Cepheid variable shines in the ...

That is also the title sometimes given to everyone’s favorite planet to see ... able to tell that its color is a somber gold. Every 15 to 17 years, Saturn’s vast rings are presented edgewise ...

All these thoughts of photographs of the planets and whatnot take me back to my childhood, when I pored through books ...

It’s early September and it’s already feeling like fall in the morning and one can perceive a hint of color in the leaves ...

which colored the public's perception of the planet for decades. (That is, until a new treatment of Voyager 2's images earlier this year revealed Neptune's true color to be a much lighter blue green.) ...

Five bright planets are spread unevenly across the ... A small telescope or high-power binoculars will reveal Saturn’s magnificent ring system and its largest moon, Titan. Brilliant Jupiter ...

Instead of turning red, as it would during a total lunar eclipse, the part of the Moon within the penumbra will take on a slightly darker color ... out the planet’s ring system and Saturn ...

The carbon emission responsible for this trademark color ... the planet, while smaller, fainter moons cluster closer to the rings. Iapetus, around 12th magnitude, is nearly 9′ east of Saturn ...

IT is easy to feel like we know nothing about our universe, and unexplained stellar objects are the most puzzling feature of ...

This enhances the red sunsets and the moon will maintain a nice orange color ... Saturn reaches opposition every 378 days. If you look at Saturn through a telescope you will notice that its rings ...

Bird feeders are a wonderful way to attract various bird species to your backyard. They provide food for the birds and offer ...