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

#11. The Moon’s temperature can vary from 242° Fahrenheit in a sunny spot to −334° Fahrenheit in a shady spot near one of its ...

The bold question-askers at What If reveal what makes Neptune’s atmosphere so wildly unforgiving. Trump Burger's Kemah ...

One summer night in 1877, American astronomer Asaph Hall was looking through his telescope in Washington, D.C. Mars was at ...

Stars often whip their planets with solar winds and radiation, pull them ever closer with gravity and sear them with heat.

L ovelorn, elusive, and psychic planet Neptune is moonwalking in Aries and Pisces for the next several months. From July 4 ...

Mercury in Leo will join forces with Neptune in Aries, forming a creative trine that sparks the imagination like never before ...

To get a glimpse of the “Swift Planet,” EarthSky suggests waiting for the sun to set before looking west for the planet ...

The icy giant is more than 10 times the size of any known comet, according to the National Radio Astronomy Observatory.

The dark skies during a new moon provide ideal conditions for spotting skywatching targets that would otherwise be outshined by moonlight.

On most nights, weather permitting, you can spot at least one bright planet in the night sky. While two or three planets are commonly visible in the hours around sunset, occasionally four or five ...