Astronomy For You

Iridium flares are bright flashes of light caused by sunlight reflected from any of the Iridium satellites. We wrote about how to see the I...

Until recently  I thought that the only planet visible in daylight is Venus . Although I was able to track Jupiter some minutes after sunri...

Welcome to Carnival of space # 290. The carnival is a collection from high quality blogs and websites dealing with space and astronomy. Jus...

Many of us enjoy the sight of a sunset or sunrise, but only a few ever observe the actual rise or set of the moon. There are several reason...