China’s Chang’e-6 mission has made lunar history by retrieving the first-ever samples from the Moon’s mysterious farside, ...

Names are a strange thing in astronomy. Sometimes scientists come up with grandiose, simple name, like the Extremely Large ...

Skywatchers are in for a treat as the summer's first full moon rises, creating an illusion that makes it look much larger and ...

How to watch the Milky Way shine bright in the sky? Steer away from light pollution and bright moon phases, as this contributes to the Milky Way’s fainter stars and celestial features fading ...

Take back the night: Establishing a “right to darkness” could save our night skies Dark sky proponents mull the rights of nature to battle light pollution. Here's how it would work ...

Glowing spiral appears in night sky - as Met Office reveals likely cause The cloud-like spiral was spotted in the night sky across the UK and Ireland on Monday evening.

An unusual celestial event is about to emerge in all of its fiery red glory over the Bay Area sky Thursday night. For the first time in more than two years, the full moon will plunge into the ...

Following the 7-planet alignment, Mars will be visible in the sky in March. Here's everything you need to know about this cosmic spectacle and how to watch it.

While Mercury will be farther from the sunset’s glare, it will fade over the coming days until around March 12, when its magnitude increases as it approaches Venus, its nearest planetary ...

Want to see planets like Mercury in the night sky? Our guides to the best telescopes and best binoculars are helpful tools for anyone hoping to get a closer look at the cosmos.

Before then, Mercury and Saturn will meet in the evening sky in a rare close encounter, in an astronomical phenomenon known as a planetary conjunction – when any two celestial objects appear ...

A Parade of Planets Beginning in late February, seven planets will align in the night sky. But Uranus and Neptune may require a telescope to see.