Special to CosmicTribune.com, May 24, 2026 Excerpts from weekly Astronomy.com report. Sunday, May 24 Moving through vast Virgo, 11th-magnitude asteroid 13 Egeria is passing near some stationary background stars tonight, offering an excellent chance to chart its motion over the course of a few hours. By May 25, Mercury is readily visible in the evening sky […]
Special to CosmicTribune.com, May 17, 2026 Excerpts from weekly Astronomy.com report. Sunday, May 17 The Moon reaches perigee, the closest point to Earth in its orbit, at 9:44 A.M. EDT. At that time, our satellite will be 222,498 miles (358,076 kilometers) away. Springtime viewing of the zodiacal light will soon come to an end — so […]
Special to CosmicTribune.com, May 4, 2026 Excerpts from weekly Astronomy.com report. Sunday, May 3 Venus officially passes 7° north of Aldebaran at 3 A.M. EDT this morning. But the bigger story occurs late tonight, as the Moon rises around 10:30 P.M. local daylight time in northwestern Scorpius and passes 0.5° south of Alpha (α) Scorpii, better […]
Special to CosmicTribune.com, April 19, 2026 Excerpts from weekly Astronomy.com report. Sunday, April 19 The Moon reaches perigee, the closest point to Earth in its orbit, at 2:56 A.M. EDT. At that time, our satellite will be 224,707 miles (361,631 kilometers) from Earth. The Moon passes 5° north of Venus at 5 A.M. EDT, then passes […]
Special to CosmicTribune.com, March 22, 2026 Excerpts from weekly Astronomy.com report. Sunday, March 22 Neptune reaches conjunction with the Sun at 7 A.M. EDT; it will reappear in mid-April in the morning sky. The Moon reaches perigee, the closest point to Earth in its orbit, at 7:40 A.M. EDT, when it will be 227,954 miles (366,856 […]
Special to CosmicTribune.com, March 15, 2026 Excerpts from weekly Astronomy.com report. Sunday, March 15 The distant ice giant Uranus is located in Taurus right now, not far from the famous (and easy-to-find) Pleiades star cluster, cataloged as M45. Tonight, the planet also sits a short distance due south of a 6th-magnitude field star of roughly the […]
Special to CosmicTribune.com, March 8, 2026 Excerpts from weekly Astronomy.com report. Saturday, March 7 Mercury reaches inferior conjunction with the Sun at 6 A.M. EST, rendering the small planet invisible for now. It will reappear in the morning sky later this month. Today, however, our focus is on the evening sky as Venus and Saturn sit […]
Special to CosmicTribune.com, February 16, 2026 Excerpts from weekly Astronomy.com report. Sunday, February 15 The Moon passes 0.9° north of Pluto at 10 A.M. EST. This evening, Saturn passes 0.9° south of Neptune at 11 P.M. EST. The two planets stand together in Pisces, located in the west after sunset. An hour after the Sun goes […]
Special to CosmicTribune.com, February 9, 2026 Excerpts from weekly Astronomy.com report. Sunday, February 8 Last night, Ganymede passed behind Jupiter in an occultation. Tonight, the smaller moon Europa passes in front of Jupiter in a transit, bringing with it its dark shadow, visible on the cloud tops. The transit begins shortly before 10 P.M. EST, with […]
Special to CosmicTribune.com, November 23, 2025 Excerpts from weekly Astronomy.com report. Sunday, November 23 Andromeda the Princess is high in the evening sky after dark. Best known for the eponymous Andromeda Galaxy (M31), there is so much more to see in this royal domain, including the lovely edge-on spiral we’re targeting tonight: the Silver Sliver Galaxy […]
