As the moon wanes toward its new phase on February 17, the month's prime astrophotography window opens. These nights are ...

In the skies of Earth in February, six of the seven other planets—all except Mars—can be seen in the early evening, but not all at once.

Recently, scientists discovered the fastest-spinning large asteroid in the solar system.It’s about the length of eight football fields — but it fully rotates every two minutes, or even a little faster ...

A young star called V1298 Tau is giving astronomers a front-row seat to the birth of the galaxy’s most common planets. Four massive but extremely low-density worlds orbiting the star appear to be ...

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While visions of Mars colonies, floating cities above Venus, and humans exploring distant moons inspire wonder, the reality ...

Dennis Herrmann developed a life-long interest in astronomy at an early age and got his first telescope at the age of 12.

The evening appearance of Arcturus in the east is a traditional herald of spring. Arcturus clearly shows an orange colour, and even more obvious when viewed through binoculars or a small telescope.

February starts with a subtle surprise just after sunset Feb. 2. Jupiter is blazing away about one-third of the way to the ...

The New Shepard rocket from Blue Origin, which brought 92 people on trips to the edge of space, will cease flying for at ...

Mercury has long been cast as the solar system’s burnout case, a small rocky world that cooled quickly and then froze in ...

An analysis of 100,000 satellite images of Mercury has revealed traces of changes that challenge the image of a "dead" planet.