Occultations of planets by the moon are fairly rare events for any given location on Earth, but when they do occur ... For ...

Of all the astronomical objects visible in a telescope, none has captured human imagination more than the planet Saturn. Since it is easily visible to the unaided eye, humans have seen it since the ...

Despite the lack of a dedicated mission to the planet, scientists have learned plenty through ground observations and space ...

A new study suggests that Earth might have had a ring system around 466 million years ago, potentially formed during a period of unusually intense meteorite impacts known as the Ordovician impact spik ...

Venus is the brilliant evening “star” now shining at magnitude -4 in the southwest at dusk. In early November—five months after its passage behind the sun at superior conjunction on June 4—Venus ...

Venus is the standout in the western sky this month, becoming more visible each evening. By late November, this planet shines ...

What an autumn it’s been for stargazing all around the world. Between the frequent Aurora and Comet Tsuchinshan-Atlas and all ...

Spica, located in the constellation Virgo, is known for its brilliant blue-white hue and is one of the brightest stars ...

Our views of several planets improve this month, most notably that of Jupiter, which approaches its closet approach to Earth ...

Saturn shines in the south most of the night, Jupiter rises in the early evening, while Mars is visible in the early morning sky.

Mars is brightening and the giant planet Jupiter is reaching its best apparition in a decade for Northern Hemisphere ...