A joint Hubble and James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) project to learn more about the dusty disk around the bright star Vega has found a surprising lack of planets.

Mars shines in the evening, and is joined briefly by Mercury. Jupiter joins Venus as the month goes on. And all month, look ...

The nearby bright star Vega is surrounded by a surprisingly smooth, 100 billion-mile-wide disk of cosmic dust, confirming that it is not surrounded by any exoplanets, JWST images reveal. And ...

Having a good phone app is a lot of fun and quite helpful in verifying stars, asterisms, and constellations. Most apps will ...

It wasn’t until 1983 that the Infrared Astronomical Satellite detected a dusty disk around the bright star Vega, producing the first evidence of a planetary system in formation.. Since that time ...

July stargazing is certainly a late show, but it is worth losing some sleep over because it is now prime time for summer ...

Venus continues to be the “Morning Star” in the east before dawn, albeit it has become dimmer — but still bright — as it moves away from Earth.

Friday, March 14: Just before dawn check out bright star Vega above the eastern horizon. It’s the fifth-brightest star in our sky right now, even though it’s 25 light years away from Earth.

Stargazing in July hopefully promises warm nights in Wyoming. The highlight of July evenings is the prominent band of the Milky Way arcing across the dark skies. Along the Milky Way, you’ll spot the ...

Star Gazers #14-45 5M Nov 10-16, 2014 "Finding The North Star Without The Big Dipper" Star Gazers | "Capella And Vega: Bright Stars In The North-ish Sky" 5 Min | PBS Skip to Main Content ...