Mercury reaches its greatest elongation, 26 degrees east of the sun on July 4. From latitude 40 degrees north, the ...

A meteor shower, a planet sighting, and a full moon. Here's how to see all of space's eye-catching activity in July.

In an interview with The Baltimore Sun that has been condensed and edited for clarity, Gallaudet spoke about his close ...

In a stellar nursery 460 light-years away, astronomers sharpened old ALMA data and spotted crisp rings and spirals swirling ...

Close stellar encounters could change the structure of our planetary system, potentially dooming Earth or other worlds to ...

Stars passing close to the sun could cause planets to collide, including with Earth, or even be ejected as rogue planets, new simulations show. Listen to this article · 5:18 min Learn more.

The question of whether Earth is alone in harboring life has captivated humanity for millennia. In recent years, scientists ...

Zooming in on 78 disks in the Ophiuchus star-forming region, scientists saw hitherto undiscovered structures around young ...

The sun rises from the east, and sets in the west - this is a well-established fact for the longest time, and this is due to ...

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

Mark your calendars, place your bets, grease your palms, blink open that third eye, and ready your wishes, my babies ...

The Buck Moon rises on July 10. The full moon of July, also called the Buck Moon, will rise on July 10.