Skywatchers on Thursday evening, Feb. 6, will notice an eye-catching pairing-off between two of the brightest objects in the ...

An object eight times the mass of Jupiter may have swooped around the sun, coming superclose to Mars' present-day orbit ...

THE first full moon of the year ... What this means is that Mars' orbit will bring it directly opposite the Sun - making it shine even brighter than usual. All you need to know about planets ...

Hot Jupiters are planets with masses similar to that of Jupiter, but orbit close to their star, at a much smaller distance than Mercury is to the Sun ... were isolated around their star, with ...

Three months after its launch from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, the agency's Europa Clipper has another 1.6 ...

Hot Jupiters are planets with masses similar to that of Jupiter, but orbit close to their star, at a much smaller distance than Mercury is to the sun ... were isolated around their star, with ...

Stargazers can witness a rare 'planet parade' in January and February 2024, where six planets align prominently in the night ...

Californians watching the sky in February have the chance to view a parade of planets and a snow moon. The planetary ...

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

To see the whole shebang, you’ll need a pretty unobstructed view of the horizon in an area with relatively little light ...

Venus, Jupiter, and Mars dominate the sky. Catch your last views of Saturn as early in the month, the Moon passes in front of ...