The brightest planets in July's night sky: How to see them (and when) Side by side in the night sky, the two points of light appear similar in nature, belying the extreme differences of the solar ...

In some time zones, the exact timing of this event occurs on May 31, while in others, it's on June 1. But the best time to view Venus is just before dawn, when it rises in the eastern sky in the ...

About the size of a small car, it will create an unparalleled map of the night sky. The observatory’s first public images of the sky are expected to be released on June 23. Here’s how its ...

When Neptune and the Earth line up on the same side of the sun, they are only 2.7 billion miles apart at their closest. But when the planets are on opposite sides of the sun, they can put as many ...