This week, NASA released the first image from the Europa Clipper spacecraft's voyage. The image is a mosaic of a star field, created from three shots the solar-powered orbiter captured in December of ...

Even to a casual viewer, the waxing gibbous moon of Feb. 7 will appear quite unusual, climbing so very high in the sky.

Just east of Betelgeuse is the fine binocular cluster NGC 2244. But the much fainter Rosette Nebula that lies around the ...

Nature is capable of the most mysterious, surreal, stunning, and powerful things. The only thing we can do as humans is to ...

Noctourism, which is the combination of night-time activities and tourism, has become a big trend in the travel world - and ...

This is your moment to devise a concrete plan and vision for your future. Here's everything you need to know about the new ...

Jupiter and Uranus are expected to be higher in the southern sky. After the sun goes down on Monday, Feb. 3, the moon will hang in the sky between Venus and Uranus. In the following nights, it will go ...

North Texans are in for a celestial treat: This month and until late February, six planets in our solar system will be in alignment in the night sky ... behind the moon in what’s called a ...

Because planets always appear in a line, the alignment isn't anything out of the norm. What's less common is seeing so many bright planets at once.

The Met Office confirms Friday was the coldest night of winter so far in the UK, with the temperatures falling to -18.7 C in Altnaharra in the Scottish Highlands.

We will be one planet short of a maximum alignment. Six planets will still be possible to see in one ecliptic plane in the southern and eastern night sky, just after sunset: Venus, Mars, Jupiter, ...

So no moon around. That means more chances of seeing fainter meteors. So Lyrids is the one I got circled. IRA FLATOW: And if you’re lucky enough to have a telescope or a nice pair of binoculars, what ...