The Orion Nebula Cluster is just 2.5 million years old. It's full of young stars and gas, actively forming new suns. Pleiades is older, around 100 million years.

Look east around 4 a.m. local time, just before dawn, to see the slender form of the crescent moon climb above the horizon.

South Dakota is home to some of the darkest skies in the country, providing an ideal backdrop for amateur astronomers and ...

As the month wears on, Jupiter and Venus will move apart from each other. One more date to keep in mind will be Aug. 20. Although Venus and Jupiter will now be eight degrees apart, the slender ...

The Short Wave team talks about spider origins, why the odds of having a girl or a boy aren't 50-50, and what the Orion ...

Eagle-eyed sky watchers will be able to catch Mercury, Venus, Jupiter, Saturn, Neptune and Uranus in the sky at the same time ...

Throughout August, early risers will be able to spot two planets before sunrise: Jupiter and Venus. The pair will be shining ...

Pascal Fouquet The rocket contrail from an early-morning SpaceX Starlink launch on July 8 formed high-altitude noctilucent ...

Jacksonville Farmers Market: 7 a.m.-noon, Pathway Plaza, 1905 W. Morton Ave. | Fresh, locally sourced produce, homemade baked ...

Get your poetry infusion tonight at Burrowing Owl Books in Wolflin Square with a live reading, book-signing and Q&A with ...