The European Space Agency (ESA) and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) launched the joint Mercury mission in 2018. The ...

Mars will be at perigee, its closest point to Earth, on Sunday, Jan. 12, appearing bigger and brighter in the sky. Here’s how ...

As Mars approaches opposition this month, it will become a dazzling spectacle in the night sky. See it at its best now, or ...

On Friday (Jan. 10), the moon will pass near Jupiter, meeting up with the gas giant in the constellation Taurus. Viewers can ...

Six planets will all be visible at once in the night sky this month, lined up across the sky—but one is set to disappear from view.

These ‘warming stripes’, adopted around the world as a symbol of climate awareness, action and ambition, now include another dark red stripe for 2024.

We haven’t seen the Red Planet this luminous in the night sky since 2022. Our astrotourism expert shares how and when to enjoy the show.

Everything you need to know about the full “Wolf Moon,” including exactly when, where and how to see it at its best from ...

Global temperatures in 2024 soared to yet another record level, but this time it was such a big jump that Earth temporarily ...

The Red Planet comes closest to Earth, disappears behind the Moon in an occultation, and finally reaches opposition in the ...

Recently we learned about the exoplanet Kepler-186f, a potentially earthlike, potentially habitable world only around 500 ...

More than 180,000 people have evacuated and thousands of structures have burned as multiple fires continue to rage across the greater Los Angeles area Thursday, according to reporting from the ...