Satellites come in all shapes and sizes, but there aren't any that look quite like SPHEREx, an infrared observatory NASA ...

The song “ Goodbye Horses ” is best known as the fanciful soundtrack for serial killer Buffalo Bill’s naked dance in the 1991 ...

In February 2025, conditions were just right to catch a "planetary party" above the European Southern Observatory's (ESO) ...

Last year’s celestial events were quite spectacular, with two off-the-chart displays of northern lights that could be seen in all 50 states, a comet and a total solar eclipse. Although 2025 won’t ...

On the morning of Friday, March 14 -- the day of the full Worm Moon -- the moon will be 12 degrees above the western horizon as twilight begins at 6:23 a.m. EDT. No planets will be visible at that ...

In this rare event, a full moon, also dubbed the "Worm Moon," will coincide with a lunar eclipse — causing a total lunar ...

March’s night sky brings a total lunar eclipse, a rare chance to see Mercury, and shifting planets. Don’t miss these ...

For a few days this month, sky watchers will be able to see Venus twice ... Uranus can be seen without equipment on a dark night if the person has good eyesight. But Neptune is so far out in the solar ...

February ends with a treat for sky-gazers: a parade of seven planets across the night sky, including Mercury, Uranus and Neptune alongside typically bright planets such as Mars, Venus, Jupiter and ...

Mercury, Neptune, Venus, Uranus, Jupiter, Mars and -- particularly hard to spot -- Saturn will appear in the night sky this ...

Planet parades are how astronomers and stargazers refer to the events when the planets form a straight line and look like they're marching across the night sky, such as a similar parade that took ...

The 2025 astronomical calendar has no shortage of excitement. Starting Friday, Feb. 28, an unusual "planet parade" will be ...