My favorite planet, besides the one I live on, is on the rise in the low eastern Butler sky during evening twilight. It’s ...

In total, Saturn is thought to have at least 274 moons, the greatest number of natural satellites in the solar system. After its opposition, Saturn will stay visible for many weeks, but each passing ...

Astronomers might be close to confirming the presence of an Earth-like atmosphere on an exoplanet for the first time, ...

A distant exoplanet might have an atmosphere similar to Earth's, early observations from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST ...

This weekend, Saturn will be brighter in our sky than at any point going back to April of 2010, just after it reached opposition in March of that year. Then, for each opposition after this, the planet ...

Roughly every 378 days, Saturn swings into opposition, appearing up to 30% brighter and staying visible from dusk until dawn. The night sky is full of quiet wonders, but once a year Saturn steps into ...

It is similar in size to Earth and completes a full orbit around its star in just six days. Scientists believe that the ...

"Gaia provides the first accurate view of what our section of the Milky Way would look like from above," Lewis McCallum, an ...

September will have a trio celestial conjunction. Here's how to see the moon and Venus together in Arizona and upcoming alignments.

Monday is the first day of Fall for us in the northern hemisphere. It is the first day where there will be more darkness than ...

Because of the sun's positioning in the days just before, during and after the equinox, those looking down east-west roads in Chicago and the suburbs will be able to see the sun framed by much of the ...

In a once-a-year event, Saturn is about to reach opposition, with the ringed planet appearing its best and brightest as it ...