Mars will appear to make an ultraclose approach to the moon on Sunday, after Jupiter had a turn earlier this week. Here's how ...

Auroras have long mystified humanity. Now that we know what they are and why they happen, we can better predict how best to ...

The new moon of January will be at 7:36 a.m. Eastern Time on Jan. 29, according to the U.S. Naval Observatory, and two days ...

There’s a terminator in our midst. Squinting through a telescope, I see it. The fuzzy line (in non-astro speak) where the ...

Generally, the nights of and near the new moon – when the moon is not illuminated – are better for most stargazing experiences. Here are the dates of new moons this year.

Humans have been fascinated by, and connected to, the night sky and its stars for millennia, but that connection is fading.

North Texans are in for a celestial treat: This month and until late February, six planets in our solar system will be in alignment in the night sky ... behind the moon in what’s called a ...

A rare parade of planets will light up the night sky throughout January. Six planets will be in alignment for the rest of the month – four of which will be visible with the naked eye, Preston Dyches, ...

We will be one planet short of a maximum alignment. Six planets will still be possible to see in one ecliptic plane in the southern and eastern night sky, just after sunset: Venus, Mars, Jupiter, ...

So no moon around. That means more chances of seeing fainter meteors. So Lyrids is the one I got circled. IRA FLATOW: And if you’re lucky enough to have a telescope or a nice pair of binoculars, what ...

The Moon has been placed on World Monuments Fund's watch list of threatened cultural sites for the first time. The organisation said an increase in tourism and Moon exploration could damage the ...

The sun and the moon and the planets, all seem to us to arc across the sky every day and night from east to west on that same imaginary track. From the Earth's surface, the planets always appear ...