Venus could make a brief appearance this weekend as it passes between the Earth and the sun. Just be warned: It won't be easy to spot in the sun's glow, according to astronomers. The orbit Venus ...

After more than a decade of mapping the stars, the European spacecraft was shut down on Thursday. But its legacy lives on.

An astronomer's guide on where and when to see the partial solar eclipse on March 29 in the US, Canada, and beyond.

A red giant star and white dwarf orbit each other in this animation of a nova similar ... with a mass comparable to that of the Sun squeezed into an Earth-sized body) and an ancient red giant ...

NASA’s new video is also just fun to watch. The animation shows what the seafloor looks like off the coasts of Mexico, South ...

The 23 satellites from the Starlink company, owned by SpaceX, will be heading to low-Earth orbit to join the thousands already there. Once deployed and in their orbit, they will provide internet ...

On Saturday and Sunday, the Earth will have an inferior conjunction ... it's the third-brightest object in our sky after the sun and the moon. Look for locations with unobstructed views of ...