The beautiful planetary parade continues through the end of the month, with special guest Mercury joining the pack soon.

"Temperamental" stars that brighten and dim over a matter of hours or days may be distorting our view of thousands of distant ...

Five of the brightest planets will be visible to the naked eye. With help, you may even spot Uranus and Neptune.

Experts recommend looking toward the southwest horizon to see the planets. You can see six planets for most of the month with ...

The May 2024 solar storm created two new temporary belts of high-energy particles surrounding Earth. The findings are ...

A person shines a flashlight into the night sky on Feb. 3, 2025. (Photo by Patrick Pleul/picture alliance via Getty Images) Social media has been abuzz about the ongoing alignment of planets, with ...

As planets pass in front of their parent stars as viewed from Earth, they cause a tiny dip in the amount of starlight we ...

Planets will be visible through February when the clouds clear, but only three will be visible to the naked eye.

Some university researchers are uncertain about their grant funding. So are some early childhood service providers.

From January to March, the night sky will host a spectacular parade of planets featuring Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus ...

Note: The planets are not shown to scale in this image. Photo credit: NASA, ESA, A. Simon (Goddard On the morning of Jan. 25, Mercury briefly joins the planet parade, making it a party of seven.

We've named hurricanes since the 1950s. So why don't we name winter storms? After all, naming weather systems goes back hundreds of years. Storms are typically named after places, dates ...