Temperamental' stars that brighten and dim over a matter of hours or days may be distorting our view of thousands of distant planets, suggests a new study.

Jupiter has been in apparent retrograde motion in the sky for the past four months or so, encouraging us to seek joy and abundance within ourselves rather than in the world around us. With Jupiter ...

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On Feb. 24, from west to east, you can see Mercury, Saturn, Neptune, Venus, Uranus, Jupiter and Mars, all spanning 117.5°, plus Earth under your feet—all eight known planets of our solar system!

Another judge in Washington halted the plan minutes before it was set to go into effect, but the short-term order is only in place until Monday unless extended.

There may be something about Earth’s remote places that root many of humanity’s greatest achievements in space. John Glenn ...

Any clear winter night this month, look south between 8 and 10 p.m. to spot the large hourglass shape of Orion the Hunter. In ...

When we observe the planets from Earth, we see them projected onto the celestial sphere, which is the apparent sphere of ... mechanics that govern the motion of the planets. To witness this ...

An alignment of six planets will dazzle in January 2025. Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune will align in the night sky. "The whole month of January is a great time to see the ...

The Milky Way keeps its planets close to its chest. Stars in a thin, flat disk bisecting the galaxy have more planets on average than stars in a thicker, enveloping disk — and astronomers now ...