With the new moon darkening the skies, you’ll have a rare shot at spotting the Milky Way, deep-sky galaxies, and even the ...

New simulations suggest that up to four of the solar system's rocky planets, including Earth and a long-lost world, once ...

Another (and, in our view, more important) source of energy for life on Iceheim is the heat coming from its core, underneath ...

Venus reaches its highest altitude above the eastern horizon in 2025 on Aug. 1. Venus will reach its highest altitude in the ...

The night sky is about to deliver a rapid-fire series of spectacles, giving stargazers three reasons to look up over just ...

Mars remains an evening fixture, Saturn is nearing opposition, and Venus and Jupiter meet in the predawn sky Aug. 12.

Recent simulations and research have unveiled a fascinating new insight into the history of the solar system’s terrestrial ...

Mercury begins to emerge from the dawn glow after Aug. 12. On Aug. 19, Mercury reaches its greatest elongation west of the ...

August brings Saturn and Neptune together, offers two shadow transits of Titan, and sees a conjunction of Venus and Jupiter.

Aug. 12-13 — Peak of the annual Perseid meteor shower. Perseids are fragments shed by comet 109P/Swift-Tuttle. Every August, ...

Mars has a cold, desert-like climate with a thin atmosphere that supports extreme temperature variations, from highs of 68 °F to lows of −243 °F, as well as frequent dust storms of up to 60-70 miles ...

The incredibly powerful Aquarius Full Moon on August 9, 2025 affects each zodiac sign in a big way this week. First, the ...