Currently shining at its greatest brilliance for this current apparition, this dazzling evening "star" currently appears as a ...

Though the planets are always “aligned,” seeing more than four in the sky is more uncommon. February’s lineup is a chance to ...

This is the last chance to catch the pair in conjunction this year—with Venus set to be unusually bright in the night sky.

February is here, with no shortage of celestial events to inspire awe. Venus is making her mark just in time for Valentine's Day as the brightest in the sky this year, taking the place of Saturn to ...

Our Solar System is a carefully balanced celestial dance held together by a virtually perfect balance of gravity and inertia.

Planetary alignments aren't rare, but they can be when they involve six of the eight planets in our solar system.

Why is Venus so different? Several scientific instruments are to explore our neighboring planet. ESA has now awarded the ...

There may be something about Earth’s remote places that root many of humanity’s greatest achievements in space. John Glenn (the first American to orbit the Earth) and Neil Armstrong (the first man ...

Sometimes, the best innovative ideas come from synthesizing two previous ones. We've reported before on the idea of having a ...

Venus and Saturn will be in conjunction this weekend, appearing side by side in the night sky during January's post-sunset ...

A remarkable sight will appear in the southwestern sky an hour after sunset Saturday evening when Venus appears very close to a thin crescent moon.