This February, the planets are making moves that could create some interesting views, but don't expect the planetary ...

In November, scientists arrived at the South Pole in planes outfitted with skis to pull off a construction project seven years in the making.

A rare planetary parade of six planets will light up the night sky at the end of February, with four visible to the naked eye ...

On a frosty January afternoon at New York City's Ripley-Grier Studios, Emily Saliers, Beth Malone and Starstruck’s ...

On Saturday, go outside about an hour after sunset, look to the western sky and spot Mercury, Venus and Saturn close to the horizon.

The moon and Pleiades will glow together on Feb. 23 in a striking skywatching display. Look high above the southwestern ...

Bring up aliens and a lot of people will scoff. But not everyone is laughing. Around the turn of the century, 3.8 million ...

Q As a former NASA mission planner, I would signal a “no-go” for human colonization of the moon and Mars. The human body’s functions cannot tolerate the long-term effects of ...

Out in the Kuiper Belt, the massive doughnut of debris beyond Neptune, about one in 10 kilometer-scale objects have surprised scientists with their unexpected shape. Rather than resembling a ball, ...

In late winter, the zodiacal light is visible in the evening in the Northern Hemisphere (false dusk) and in the pre-dawn ...

Despite the hype around expensive telescopes and rare celestial events, beginners can experience the core of stargazing with ...