June has the shortest night of the entire year across the Northern Hemisphere, but the month will still deliver easy-to-see ...

June is prime time for stargazing, as warmer weather makes it easier to stay out and enjoy the night sky. There will be ...

New research suggests the moons of Jupiter and Uranus may hint that our planetary neighborhood once had a third ice giant.

The phenomenon of a Full Moon arises when our planet, Earth, is precisely sandwiched between the Sun and the Moon. This ...

May is ending with a second full moon of the month, known as a Blue Moon, and the possibility to see four planets.

For many astronomers and astrophysicists there are two distinct, important periods: before the James Webb Space Telescope – and after. It has powered many scientific discoveries since it came online, ...

Don't miss Jupiter, Venus and Mercury create a dazzling line in the western sky at sunset tonight.

Venus, now an "evening star," remains the brightest object in the sky after the moon, while Jupiter shines higher above it ...

Neptune has a complicated life story, and its moon Nereid might be the only one left standing from the planet’s ...

For several weeks now, the planet Venus has been rising higher and higher above the western horizon in the early evening sky, ...

Venus and the moon will appear close together in the sky May 18. Here's how to see the celestial conjunction around the ...