Welcome to this month’s edition of “What’s up in the sky?” February has a nice lineup of planets and some eye-catching ...

New James Webb Space Telescope observations of a star cluster called NGC 346 are shedding light on how, when and where ...

Known as the "Parade of Planets," the celestial event will feature appearances from Mars, Jupiter, Uranus, Venus, Neptune and ...

The number of planets that orbit the sun depends on what you mean by “planet,” and that’s not so easy to define ...

Stargazers can witness a rare 'planet parade' in January and February 2024, where six planets align prominently in the night ...

A U.S. scientist searching for a civilization across 7 Earth clones circling the red dwarf star TRAPPIST-1 says its own alien ...

Venus — the resplendent evening star attains a stunning maximum brilliance ... Telescopes show Earth's sister planet swelling to an apparent diameter wider than Jupiter, while its phase thins ...

Tonight and throughout January, stargazers can see a planetary alignment in the night sky or what some are calling a ...

A super-Earth planet that dips in and out of its star's habitable zone has been discovered just 19.7 light-years away.

No Man's Sky is back with Worlds Part II, expanding the universe in new ways as only games can. Hello Games, the studio ...

Uranus will require binoculars and Neptune will require a telescope, per EarthSky. How can I tell if I'm looking at a planet or a star? There are a few distinctions. The first is a matter of light, ...

Although it's being mistakenly promoted as a "rare planetary alignment," one of the best "planet parades" in half a century ...