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

Puppies and people don't need to compete. Even though the 2025 Puppy Bowl and Super Bowl LIX air on the same day, Feb. 9, ...

Violet, a feisty 9-month-old chihuahua, will participate in the annual pet adoption event on the Discovery Channel that airs ...

The new moon of January will be at 7:36 a.m. Eastern Time on Jan. 29, according to the U.S. Naval Observatory, and two days ...

When astronomers found a large world farther out than Pluto, it became one of the final nails in the coffin of our ninth ...

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

Starting Monday, Feb. 3, the day after Groundhog Day, you should be able to see another planetary parade in the night sky, this time joined by the crescent moon. Mars, Jupiter, Uranus, Venus, Neptune ...

Will the Lower Hudson Valley be able to see these celestial spectacles Feb. 1 and 3? It depends on the weather.

By Feb. 19, only 9 degrees from the sun ... Telescopes show Earth's sister planet swelling to an apparent diameter wider than Jupiter, while its phase thins dramatically from 37% to 15% lit.

Jupiter — the planet known as the "Great Benefic" — will usher in a period of expansion, luck, blessings and more for the collective after going direct in Gemini on Feb. 4, ending its four-month-long ...

Venus, Jupiter, and Mars dominate the sky. Catch your last views of Saturn as early in the month, the Moon passes in front of ...