Meteor showers remain on hiatus until April, but backyard astronomers in Fremont still have plenty of reasons to lift their ...

The full snow moon will rise on Wednesday, Feb. 12, with the “Heart of the Lion,” or Regulus, the brightest star in the ...

Mars, Venus, Jupiter and Saturn should be visible to the naked eye, but with a telescope you can spot Neptune and Uranus.

To get somewhere in outer space, you can’t exactly drive in a straight line. Orbits are tricky things, and sending a probe to ...

A Month of Bright Planets Venus blazes at its brightest for the year after sunset, then Mars and Jupiter to rule the night ...

Mitigate the influence of planetary forces by engaging in activities that nurture their energies. For instance, offer respect ...

Sucerquia and colleagues selected five sets of spherical moons and their neighboring planets, including Earth and the moon. For each set, the team added rings to all the satellites, then simulated ...

It is transitioning into February's "Snow Moon" which will light up the night sky next week (February 12). Since planets keep their position relative to surrounding stars in the sky, the Moon has ...

For more information on this year's full moons and biggest ... Venus is another planet that continues dominating the western sky after sunset. Venus and Saturn will have their closest approach ...

The new moon of January will be at 7:36 a.m. Eastern Time on Jan. 29, according to the U.S. Naval Observatory, and two days ...