That said, finding a dark-sky area on a clear night towards the end of February will give you the best chance of spotting ...

The full snow moon will rise on Wednesday, Feb. 12, with the “Heart of the Lion,” or Regulus, the brightest star in the ...

According to a recent YouGov poll, 35% of Americans think Pluto is not a planet. But they are all wrong—kind of. To get to ...

Scientists believe that two asteroids might be fragments of long-lost "planetary embryos" from the early solar system.

Spotting one or two of the planets in our solar system is well worth a good skywatch, but seeing (almost) all of them in a ...

"Temperamental" stars that brighten and dim over a matter of hours or days may be distorting our view of thousands of distant ...

Our modern era of space observation and exploration deepens our connection with the universe—and with each other. When NASA ...

What does matter is that we’re a part.” While most of us go about our days, immersed in the minutia our lives, we remain very much a part of something bigger than ourselves, and even bigger than ...

Our Solar System is simple—one star, planets orbiting around it. But what happens in a system with multiple stars? Scientists ...

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

Towards the end of the month, Mercury appears in the evening sky, and climbs up past Saturn. In the dusk glow, you may be ...

Five of the brightest planets will be visible to the naked eye. With help, you may even spot Uranus and Neptune.