Venus will pass to the north of the much-fainter bluish star Regulus (in Leo, the Lion) on the morning of Sept. 19; the planet and star will appear low in the east-northeast predawn sky, separated by ...

Jupiter, the largest planet in the solar system, will be visible to sky gazers on Earth. Here’s when to look out for it and ...

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Weather permitting, Jupiter will not only be brighter than most other stars and planets in the evening sky, but will also be ...

NASA's Advanced Composite Solar Sail System (ACS3) will be visible from the ground. Find out when you can see it on the NASA ...

A partial solar eclipse. Numerous eye-catching planetary get-togethers. Saturn's rings perform a vanishing act. In the upcoming year, stargazers can anticipate an array of celestial wonders to get ...

The rain it raineth every day, as Shakespeare noted, apparently even on Saturn. The cosmos, it seems, is no comfort at this ...

The spacecraft is rapidly approaching our planet at high speed and will use Earth’s gravitational pull to gain a fair bit of ...

We know that interstellar objects occasionally visit our solar system. So far, we have only discovered two interstellar ...

The solar system is primarily comprised of our sun ... objects and mythological figures hiding in the night sky? —Moon landing quiz: How quickly can you name all 12 Apollo astronauts that ...

The displays are triggered by solar storms, including an unusually strong one that hit Earth Thursday and produced stunning skies full of pinks, purples, greens and blues farther south than normal ...