Mars shines brightly this week as it reaches opposition, appearing golden-red in the sky near Jupiter. Look for it in the ...

Stargazers will be treated to a rare seven-planet alignment in February. This is what scientists hope to learn.

The stars lie approximately 11 million miles (less than 18 million kilometers) away from each other and appear as a single point of light in the sky. The combined light from Spica's two stars is ...

Every so often, one passes by Earth close enough for us to see in the night sky with the naked eye, though the view is made even better with a telescope. What might appear to be a single star to ...

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

(The number of meteors a single observer would see in an ... Earth's atmosphere and produce impressive "shooting stars" that streak across the sky. 55P/Tempel-Tuttle is a small comet with a ...

The Moon meets the Red Planet’s rival in Scorpius, skims close to Saturn, and reaches New phase in the sky this week.

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

A rare planetary alignment, which will see six planets line up in a row across the night sky, is due to take place from ...