The new moon occurs April 27, and a day later Venus and Saturn will make a close approach to each other (known as a conjunction) in the predawn sky.

They circle around Polaris, the pole star, all night ... It is always great to view Jupiter through a telescope during twilight. The observing highlight this month is Mars pairing with the ...

The rings are aligned with the planet’s equator, so we see the northern half of the rings when Saturn’s north pole points toward ... exception to this tilted view is during the equinoxes, ...

A bright Moon dominates the sky, passing two bright stars as Juno reaches opposition and Mercury dips toward the horizon in ...

Saturn, Mercury and Neptune all crowding in together into a relatively small patch of sky. The planets are best viewed in the hour preceding dawn, and will require a clear view of the horizon.

Teams at NASA's Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans move a liquid hydrogen tank for the agency's SLS (Space Launch System) rocket into the ...

Moons are full when they are on the opposite side of Earth from the sun, and fully illuminated (from the point of view of Earth ... planet to grace the sky is Saturn, which rises in New York ...

Venus, Saturn ... it from view for about an hour. Russia staking its claim in a new space race to the moon and Mars. A Russian probe is expected to land on the moon's south pole any day now.

Composite view of Titan built thanks to Cassini’s images taken on October 9 and October 25, 2006. Credit: NASA/JPL/University of Arizona Despite its Earth-like rivers and lakes of liquid methane, ...

Scientists apply that same logic to Titan, Saturn’s largest moon ... Back in 2006, NASA’s Cassini spacecraft gave scientists their first clear view of Titan’s surface. Its Synthetic Aperture Radar ...

How many moons it has: At least 274 known moons, with more likely to be discovered With its beautiful rings, Saturn may be the ... stripes near the moon's south pole. This is a possible hint ...