Asteroid 40 Harmonia will reach opposition at 10 A.M. EST on January 1st, becoming observable with binoculars or a telescope in Gemini, positioned approximately 2.5° southeast of Mebsuta. Observation ...

January presents optimal viewing conditions for Jupiter, which reaches opposition on the 10th in Gemini at magnitude -2.7, offering its largest apparent diameter (47") and opportunities to observe ...

Because rogue planets don’t orbit a host star, they can’t be found using astronomers’ typical go-to methods: radial velocity or transits. (Radial velocity measures the way a star wobbles as an unseen ...

Robert Aitken, born in 1864, overcame childhood health challenges, including progressive deafness, to earn a B.A. in mathematics in 1887 and subsequently teach mathematics and astronomy. He embarked ...