Summer nights offer lots of interesting sights this month. Mercury and Mars are on show in the evening twilight. Both Uranus ...

The next time Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn will all be in the night sky at the same time will be October 2028.

Researchers now appreciate that gas planets are more complex than first thought. New findings have implications for our ...

One summer night in 1877, American astronomer Asaph Hall was looking through his telescope in Washington, D.C. Mars was at ...

Skywatchers in central Wisconsin can expect a stunning week ahead, with planetary pairings, moon phases and celestial ...

The brilliant flash, which was accompanied by a sonic boom that many mistook for an earthquake, resulted in hundreds of calls ...

Most meteorites that have reached Earth come from the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. But we have 1,000 or so ...

Southwest Research Institute has collaborated with Yale University to summarize the scientific community's notable progress ...

Because of the Earth’s size, some say it won’t be completely devoured, as Mercury and Venus are likely to be. However, the Sun will still make the Earth unlivable.

Venus, Mars and more: ... Mercury will be visible in mornings from Jan. 1 to Jan. 15; ... It will be closest to Earth on Jan. 12 at 8:37 a.m. Eastern Time at a distance of 59.7 million miles ...

Saturn, Mercury, Neptune, Venus, Uranus, Jupiter and Mars are visible in the night sky right now. On Feb. 28, Mercury will join them, adding a seventh planet to the planetary parade.