I pick out North America’s celestial highlights for the week ahead (which also apply to mid-northern latitudes in the ...

The European Space Agency (ESA) wants to develop key technologies for a Mars surface lander by the mid-2030s.

The president’s Inaugural Address linked landing on the Red Planet with Manifest Destiny, but left many of the specifics ...

In his prepared remarks, Trump, a longtime backer of U.S.-led space exploration and exploitation, singled out Mars and left ...

President Donald Trump made a bold promise to America minutes after taking the Oath of Office: pledging that an American flag ...

With frigid temperatures and dangerously cold wind chills, you may want to wait a few more days to check them out. Don't ...

Venus and Saturn are currently in conjunction, meaning the planets appear close together in the night sky from Earth. These ...

The Red Planet will be at its closest point to Earth, also known as perigee, on Jan. 12 and will be exactly opposite the sun ...

Skywatchers: A six-planet alignment peaks this week as Mars, Jupiter, Uranus, Neptune, Venus, and Saturn come together for ...

As Mars approaches opposition this week, it will become a dazzling spectacle in the night sky. See it at its best now, or ...

Planetary alignments aren't rare, but they can be when they involve six of the eight planets in our solar system.

Venus, Saturn, Jupiter and Mars will appear to line up and be bright enough to see with the naked eye in the first few hours ...