Jupiter - Jupiter and its four largest moons are visible even in city lights. Larger telescopes can reveal the planet's Great Red Spot. Mars-Mars reached opposition on Jan. 12, making it visible all ...

The zodiacal light shines in the evening as the Moon reaches Last Quarter and skims past Spica and Antares in the sky this ...

In a celestial event known as a great alignment the five planets will be discernible with the naked eye, but to see Neptune ...

Astronomers around the world are using powerful telescopes to measure the asteroid’s orbit as accurately as possible.

These popular astronomy questions, answered by Astronomy magazine, will help you better understand our universe - and share ...

From supermoons to a total eclipse to the national park’s biggest and best-attended star parties, these are the must-see celestial shows of the year ...

By tracing the corkscrew wobble of two stars as they move through the sky, the Gaia space mission has discovered one new ...

Look to the southwest sky after sunset on Saturday, as the sliver of a waxing crescent moon nears bright Venus with Saturn ...

giving it the nickname "the Red Planet". Mars is among the brightest objects in Earth's sky, and its high-contrast albedo features have made it a common subject for telescope viewing. Scientists don’t ...

The Perseverance rover has sampled mm-size lithic fragments containing olivine likely from at least two source regions from ...

Mars is at "opposition" this month. That's when a planet and the sun are directly opposite each other with Earth in between. This celestial event happens about every two years for the red planet.

In a newly shared image, NASA has uncovered a unique view of our solar system's largest planet ... Telescope, reveals Jupiter shining in ultraviolet light. In the image, Jupiter's famous Great Red ...