Fred Schaaf promises plenty of opportunities for spectacular views of the moon, planets and stars these next two weeks.

Venus is gradually brightening as it swings towards the Earth, and it will grace our evening skies until March. The night sky ...

Much of the knowledge about Uranus was gleaned when NASA's robotic spacecraft Voyager 2 conducted a five-day flyby in 1986 ...

Discoveries about Uranus, the solar system's enigmatic planet, challenge previous assumptions, highlighting the need for ...

Much of the knowledge about Uranus was gleaned when NASA’s robotic spacecraft Voyager 2 conducted a five-day flyby in 1986.

Astronomers sometimes nickname them "earth grazers," since scorched fragments occasionally make it all the ... The next night ...

(CNN) — When the Voyager 2 spacecraft became the first and only mission to fly by Uranus in 1986, it defined the way ...

Uranus, blue-green in color due to the methane contained in an atmosphere comprised mostly of hydrogen and helium ...

We know from The Lord of the Rings that Tolkien crafted endless stars in his legendarium, but are there other planets too?

30, 2024 — More accurate orbit predictions for satellites and space debris as well as a better understanding of the water masses present on Earth: Researchers at achieved both using satellite laser ...

Averting your gaze when viewing the ringed planet can cause an optical phenomenon that might make you think twice about what ...

When a celestial body, such as a moon, planet or an asteroid passes in front of another celestial body, blocking its view, we call that an occultation. The word is derived from the Latin occultäre, to ...