A planetary alignment, or a "planet parade" according to the internet, will grace our night sky just after dusk, according to ...

UK astrophotographer Josh Dury on night-sky success, his passion for documenting natural skies, a brand-new book and an ...

NASA's Lunar Trailblazer probe has made it to Florida's Cape Canaveral to prep for its launch to the moon, which could occur ...

From fiery festivals to nature's most dazzling "sky-dance", interest in the night skies is booming, with "noctourism" poised ...

Amelia Bryan discusses what cosmological events to look forward to in 2025: planetary parades, eclipses and meteor showers.

The image below, taken by the European Space Agency's Trace Gas Orbiter (which arrived at Mars in 2016), shows one of the ...

After the space agency canceled its VIPER rover, an empty space was available on a private spacecraft that will still head to ...

Exciting February sky events include Venus at its brightest and closest to Earth, the moon occulting the Pleiades, and a ...

New research shows that meteoroid impacts on Mars generate seismic signals that travel much deeper than previously thought, ...

Solar eclipses occur when the moon gets between Earth and the sun. This causes the moon to cast a shadow onto Earth. A solar eclipse can only take place at the phase of new moon, but different factors ...

The full moon of February, known as the Snow Moon, will reach peak illumination in the eastern U.S. at 8:53 a.m. EST (1353 GMT) on Feb. 12, three days after it occults Mars. The full moon occurs ...