As the Moon reaches New, advanced observers can try photographing 3I/ATLAS while everyone can enjoy nebulae and more in the ...

The giant asteroid Vesta, the brightest asteroid in the sky, will be very visible for the next two weeks. This image of Vesta was captured by NASA's Dawn spacecraft in 2012.

Asteroid 4 Vesta is stationary at 3 P.M. EDT. Now located in the constellation Virgo, Vesta is mid-6th-magnitude — easy to find in just a few minutes from any location using binoculars or a ...

Space Rocks Vesta and Ceres Visible in Night Sky This Week. News. By Geoff Gaherty published 5 December 2012 When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.

The sky map of Vesta available here shows where to look to spot the asteroid this week. Strangely enough, being in an area bereft of stars can make this asteroid easier to see, ...

You'll find Vesta about a fist (11°) to the lower left or southeast of Saturn along the border of Capricornus and Aquarius. Saturn is the bright, solitary "star" somewhat low in the southeastern sky.

Look toward the west this night to see the moon and Venus surround one of the prettiest deep-sky objects around, the Beehive star cluster. The Beehive buzzes some 570 light-years away from Earth ...

On Sunday (Dec. 2), the giant planet Jupiter reached opposition with the sun, lining up directly opposite the sun in the sky. That means it's a great target for stargazers, who can see it shine ...

Vesta had been thought to have been the last protoplanet, a leftover remnant from the early days of our solar system that never quite made it as a fully fledged planet for some reason.As the ...

On Sunday (Dec. 2), the giant planet Jupiter reached opposition with the sun, lining up directly opposite the sun in the sky. That means it's a great target for stargazers, who can see it shine ...

The giant asteroid Vesta, the brightest asteroid in the sky, will be very visible for the next two weeks. This image of Vesta was captured by NASA's Dawn spacecraft in 2012.

With all the publicity on NASA's final space shuttle flight a few weeks ago, some people may have missed another cosmic milestone: On July 16, NASA's Dawn spacecraft entered orbit around the ...