The best news? Viewers in prime dark sky locations don’t need high-tech telescopes or even binoculars to stargaze this summer ...

Mars, Jupiter and Mercury will all appear low in the west after sunset. Look for bright Venus low in the eastern sky for ...

A swarm of large asteroids likely lurking around Venus could one day pose an "invisible threat" to Earth if left unchecked, ...

Venus, often called Earth's "sister planet," remains one of the most mysterious worlds in our solar system. Covered by a ...

This month will usher in two separate conjunctions — one between the moon and a rarely-visible Mercury, and another between ...

New research on the orbits of these mysterious asteroids near Venus stress the need for better space rock surveillance.

Mercury, Venus, Mars, and Saturn—offer prime visibility during dawn and dusk hours. Mercury, typically elusive, becomes visible in the northwest about an hour after sunset by mid-month, while Mars ...

Venus reaches its greatest western elongation (46°) from the Sun at midnight EDT. Earth’s sister planet is now visible in the ...

Sky This Week is brought to you in part by Celestron. Friday, May 30The crescent Moon lies in Cancer this evening, just a ...

But the Venus flytraps aren’t like the human-size, ravenous and cruel Audrey in “Little Shop of Horrors.” In the wild, Venus flytraps are the size of a lima bean and pose no harm to anything ...