To get somewhere in outer space, you can’t exactly drive in a straight line. Orbits are tricky things, and sending a probe to ...

According to BBC Sky at Night Magazine, it is all a matter of perspective and how we see objects in the night sky from Earth.

Just above the moon will be Mars, shining with a steady orange glow. Both the moon and Mars will be in the Gemini ...

Look about an hour before sunrise on Feb. 1 and find Venus, bright but very low, in the southeast, with much dimmer Mercury to its lower left. Far to Venus’s upper right shines Saturn, and ...

The evening sky on February 1 in the hamlet of Hurricane had just a sliver of a quarter moon, but the startling and bright ...

The night sky is the window to the rest of our universe but it’s also great for lovers. It’s great being in the dark with the ...

Tomorrow night, Mars will have "broken up" the cosy duo. You should be able to see a bright, orange-glowing star to the lower ...

Watch a bright Moon dominate the sky, trace the Winter Hexagon, and continue enjoying the evening parade of planets in the ...

September opens with Venus hosting winter constellations in the eastern predawn sky. West of the planet, the bright star Procyon, in Canis Minor, the little dog, rises at almost the same time as ...

A Month of Bright Planets Venus blazes at its brightest for the year after sunset, then Mars and Jupiter to rule the night ...

Mars will appear to make an ultraclose approach to the moon on Sunday, after Jupiter had a turn earlier this week. Here's how to get the best view of the rare conjunction.

A French astrophotographer has captured a stunning photo of Venus and the moon shining above the Eiffel Tower in Paris, ...