"Clouds of Venus" chronicles the United States' early attempts to explore the planet Venus through the Mariner spacecraft missions. The film details the launch of Mariner 1 and its subsequent failure, ...

When a mudflat crumbles on Earth, or an ice sheet splinters on one of Jupiter's moons (Europa), or an ancient lakebed breaks ...

The two innermost planets, Venus and Mercury, will shine together low in the western sky at sunset on March 10. Here's how to ...

Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune were already visible in the night sky after dusk this month, but Mercury joined them on Feb. 28. While it's common to see a few planets line up in the ...

Find the Big Dipper and concentrate on the two stars at the end of its "bowl". Then, draw an imaginary straight line between them, and keep following that line towards the north. The first bright star ...

A total lunar eclipse occurs this month. Venus transitions from evening to morning, while Mars and Jupiter dominate the late ...

Venus lies bright but low, while Jupiter and Mars dominate. South America and the eastern Pacific Ocean get the best views of ...

Without a doubt, this month’s astronomical highlight will be a total eclipse of the moon. It happens on the night of March 13 ...

Commonly called a planetary parade or alignment, this event happens when several planets appear close together in the sky ...

Mercury: Speedy Mercury is visible beneath Venus for the first week and a half of March, for about 30 minutes each evening, ...

On Feb. 28, we’ll witness a rare cosmic event as all seven planets in our solar system will come into a rare alignment ...

Seven planets are putting on a parade in the night sky, and the alignment is expected to be visible tonight over the NYC area ...