Mercury reaches its greatest western elongation at 4 A.M. EDT, standing 19° from the Sun. The tiny planet reaches an altitude of almost 5° above the eastern horizon an hour before sunrise, glowing at ...

This rich grouping of young suns shines brightly in Aquila the Eagle, ripe for observing just after sunset and before ...

Venus shines brilliantly in the evening sky, but only early-morning observers will be able to catch other solar system worlds.

Mercury reaches its greatest western elongation, Iapetus passes close to Saturn, and the Moon occults the Pleiades in the sky ...

On Aug. 5, a SpaceX rocket will hit the Moon near Einstein Crater, giving scientists valuable data on crater formation and ...

SpaceX flies a classified NRO mission from Cape Canaveral, China launches back-to-back Long March rockets in a single day, ...

A British photography student has achieved a potential first: creating photographs by exposing film to cosmic radiation ...

The Alpha Capricornid and the Southern Delta Aquariid meteor showers peak overnight, but the bright Moon will run ...

Rising shortly after sunset, July’s Full Moon, called the Buck Moon, dominates the sky tonight with its bright light.

After a scrubbed countdown earlier this month, Starship Flight 13 will attempt to deploy 20 Starlink V3 satellites, relight a ...

Shooting stars streak overhead, but they’re fighting the July Full Buck Moon that shines brightly in the sky this week.