Mars shines in the evening, and is joined briefly by Mercury. Jupiter joins Venus as the month goes on. And all month, look ...

Over time, these stars became known as Wolf-Rayet stars (Charles Wolf was a French astronomer, and helium was first detected by the French scientist Georges Rayet and others), and astronomers came to ...

Venus moves east as July progresses and stands 3° due north of Aldebaran on the 14th, after skirting the northern regions of ...

The only evening planet for July is Mars, faint red in the west at dusk, and getting lost in the Sun’s glare by August. High ...

We are entering a new era of cosmic exploration. The new Vera C Rubin Observatory in Chile will transform astronomy with its ...

There’s something truly enchanting about catching sight of iridescent clouds, shimmering like a spilled box of pearls against ...

Have you ever looked up at the sky and been struck speechless by a cloud so strange it seemed like a message from another ...

Social media lit up Thursday afternoon with reports of a fireball streaking across the sky. The fireball was spotted along the southeast U.S., including near the ...

Social media lit up Thursday afternoon with reports of a fireball streaking across the sky. The fireball was spotted along ...