Venus will pass between the Earth and sun during what’s called an inferior conjunction. But don’t plan on seeing the linkup.

New data from a constellation of satellites 250 miles above Earth’s surface shows how solar and wind have taken off in recent ...

Astronomers discover a super-Earth and a sub-Neptune 250 light years away from our solar system. These planets offer a ...

The word equinox comes from two Latin words meaning equal and night. That’s because on the equinox, day and night last almost ...

A quartet of small, rocky exoplanets likely circle Barnard's Star, around 6 billion light-years from Earth, putting them in ...

These next two weeks bring us a potentially thrilling partial eclipse of the sun and amazing sights of Venus in its once-every-eight-years steepest departure from the evening sky.

Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost lander marks the first fully successful commercial moon mission, achieving all objectives and ...

With that idea in mind, as a historian of science, my best answer to the question of what the first scientists discovered is Babylonian astronomy.

Scientists found that some slopes on the Moon stay cold enough to hold ice. This could expand water sources for future space ...

The first Mercury retrograde of the year goes from Saturday, March 15 to Monday, April 7. Retrogrades are optical illusions ...