Stargazers will get a peek at what's been called a "parade of planets," when up to seven planets may appear to line up.

As Mars approaches opposition this month, it will become a dazzling spectacle in the night sky. See it at its best now, or ...

The moon will pass closely by Jupiter this evening (Jan. 10), meeting up with the gas giant in the constellation Taurus.

This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image reveals a tiny patch of sky in the constellation Hydra. The stars and galaxies ...

February 1: The thin, four-day-old crescent moon will be just a few degrees from Venus, making a lovely pair. Look for them in the sky in the southwest after sunset. When you observe the moon, see if ...

Chile's Atacama Desert is home to some of the best Earth-based observatories, though an energy company is throwing a wrench ...

Fans of astronomy have already been treated in the month of January when the moon and Venus lit up the night sky. Another ...

Over a dozen adults and children gazed at the early evening sky outside the Sylmar Branch of the Los Angeles Public Library ...

In new research, we have for the first time tracked one of these pulsating signals back to its source: a common kind of lightweight star called a red dwarf, likely in a binary orbit with a white dwarf ...

Looking halfway across the observable universe and expecting to see individual stars is considered a non-starter in astronomy ...

I pick out North America’s celestial highlights for the week ahead (which also apply to mid-northern latitudes in the ...

Taking advantage of a cosmic "double lens," astronomers resolved more than 40 individual stars in a galaxy so far away its ...