Mars, Venus, Jupiter and Saturn should be visible to the naked eye, but with a telescope you can spot Neptune and Uranus.

The four planet-strong "planet parade" currently visible to the naked eye in the night sky for a short time after sunset will ...

The zodiacal light shines in the evening as the Moon reaches Last Quarter and skims past Spica and Antares in the sky this ...

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Galileo precedes today’s physicists by many generations, but his work underscores the interplay of intellect and observation ...

I recently saw a YouTube video by Hank Green discussing how important the Galilean moons are in our understanding of the solar system and the universe as a whole. The ...

History has shown us again and again that, so long as inequality goes unchecked, no amount of technology can ensure people are well fed.

A pair of astrophysicists with Aix- Marseille Université, CNRS, and Institut Universitaire de France have developed a new ...

A French astrophotographer recently snapped shots of the moon, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune in a single ...

Look up this week for February’s full snow moon and to catch the last glimpse of a visible parade of planets in the night sky ...

Two gargantuan canyons on the moon were carved by a hailstorm of rocks — and that’s good news for future lunar astronauts.