Venus now sits due south of Spica in the evening sky. Check them out as they shine for a short time after sunset.

New modeling shows that microbes shed by human beings can survive for days on the lunar surface, scientists say. Astronauts ...

Neptune is at its best for the year, while Mars and Jupiter dominate the morning sky and Venus shines brightly after sunset.

After surviving four rounds of proposed budget cuts, NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope lifted off Sunday — ahead of ...

This dim star is nonetheless one of the most famous suns in our sky, possessing a huge proper motion as it skims through ...

Venus shines near the bright star Spica, with Mercury joining midmonth. Plus, view the two-part constellation Serpens.

Located in Capricornus, this compact, bright globular is a great target to try for during the moonless window tonight.

M73 is a strange entry in the comet-hunter’s list: a small group of four stars forming a triangular shape in the sky.

Earth’s sole satellite hangs with two outer planets in the morning sky, lighting up the constellation Pisces.

The tilt of the Moon’s orbit and its changing orbital speed affect the time it takes for our satellite to rise from one day ...

Two bright lights dominate the evening sky as the Moon passes the Pleiades and several deep-sky targets shine in the sky this ...

On Sept. 1, 1859, amateur astronomer Richard Carrington observed a massive eruption of bright light from the Sun’s surface. It was the first recorded observation of a solar flare. Within only 17.5 ...