Using Hubble's Wide Field Camera 3 instrument, astronomers captured this recent up-close view of the SMC, full of twinkling ...
After putting on a great show in our evening sky since the fall of 2024, dazzling Venus puts on a spectacular showing for ...
This April, the skies put on a dazzling show – watch planets like Jupiter, Venus, and Mars glide across morning and evening skies, catch the Lyrid meteor shower lighting up the night, and explore a ...
In February, stargazers everywhere got to see a seven-planet alignment - called a "planetary parade." It'll be a while before ...
A waxing Moon brightens the sky as we catch our last looks at Uranus and view Venus, Mercury, Jupiter, and Mars in the sky ...
When Maureen Long talks to the public about her work, she likes to ask her audience to close their eyes and think of a landscape with incredible geology. She hears a lot of the same suggestions: ...
The asteroid, thought to be capable of levelling a city, set a new record in February for having the highest chance -- 3.1 ...
Venus becomes the brilliant “Morning Star” in the east before dawn, the Lyrids Meteor Shower takes place and the Moon has ...
Californians can glimpse up to 15 meteors each hour under cloudless skies while the Lyrid meteor shower is underway. The ...
The planets offer exciting views in April for both night owls and early risers. Plus, the Lyrid meteor shower peaks in ...
There are plenty of planets to spot during April, too. Mars, for example, will be high overhead in the south each evening. You can identify it by its salmon-pink color, and when you do, ponder for a ...