and enjoy the night sky,” as Gerard van Belle, director of science at Lowell Observatory, tells the New York Times’ Katrina Miller. The orbits of our solar system’s planets—including Earth ...

Four planets in the solar system are about to appear in alignment in the night sky. Here's how stargazers will be able to see ...

It’s rising in the northeastern night sky after dark. The Lyrid meteor shower is the product of dust and debris left in the inner solar system by long-period comet C/1861 G1 Thatcher, which takes 422 ...

Much of what scientists know about the early solar system comes from meteorites—ancient rocks that travel through space and survive a fiery plunge through Earth's atmosphere. Among meteorites, one ...

The night sky this week brings a first peek at the Lyrids Meteor Shower before its actual peak, plus planets including Venus, ...

April skies feature close planet pairings, a bright meteor shower, and stunning views of the ancient star cluster M3.

Astronomers have revealed an exoplanet called Enaiposha to be a one-of-a-kind "super Venus" whose carbon-dioxide-rich ...

The Leonids is a typical meteor shower most years, on pace with others such as the Lyrids and Orionids with around 15 ...

Capturing the partial solar eclipse from the iconic landmark at Stonehenge was awe-inspiring in more ways than one' ...