Mercury reaches its point of greatest eastern elongation on Friday (July 4), presenting an excellent opportunity to spot the ...

For folks in the United States, July evenings mean 4th of July fireworks. While you're waiting for the show, be sure to watch ...

An asteroid has been named in honour of a Victorian astronomer after research revealed she was the first woman at the ...

Venus moves east as July progresses and stands 3° due north of Aldebaran on the 14th, after skirting the northern regions of ...

Mercury reaches its greatest elongation, 26 degrees east of the sun on July 4. From latitude 40 degrees north, the +0.6-magnitude planet is low in the west-northwest and sets during twilight about 1.5 ...

An asteroid has been named in honour of a Victorian woman astronomer whose pioneering work at the University of Cambridge has been uncovered more than 100 years later.

At the time of this writing, June 23, Jupiter was about half a degree left of the afternoon Sun and due to pass behind it ...

Nearly 400 years ago, Galileo looked at the Pleiades star cluster through his telescope and noticed that the seven or so ...

Astronomy and planetary science are the study of objects and phenomena that occur beyond the Earth’s atmosphere. This includes investigating stars and their interaction with each other and the ...

Astronomy and astrophysics are the study of objects and phenomena that are found beyond our solar system. This combines theoretical simulations and observation with both terrestrial and space ...

Oumuamua stunned scientists as the interstellar object entered and then exited the solar system, something previously ...