April 21 - 28 is International Dark Sky Week, a global celebration of the night sky during which like-minded organizations ...

Along with researching gravitational waves, Holz heads the Science and Security Board at the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists responsible for setting the legendary “Doomsday Clock,” which ticks closer to ...

On April 24, 1990, the Hubble Space Telescope was launched onboard Space ... On April 29, Saturn passes four degrees south of Venus. Mercury will brighten in the predawn sky as the month moves ...

Astronomers have announced that they had detected the most promising “hints” of potential life on a planet beyond our solar ...

NASA Parker Solar Probe: In a major achievement, NASA’s Parker Solar Probe broke its own previous record while passing close to the Sun for the 23rd time. The Parker Solar Probe claimed the ...

There are plenty of celestial landmarks you can see with the naked eye, and this month, you can view Mars and four of Jupiter ...

Mercury should be visible near the horizon ... passes through a cosmic beehive Here are 10 photos taken by the Hubble Space Telescope after 35 years in space Why won’t you be able to see the ...

Four of Earth’s neighbors are about to appear in a planetary alignment. Those four planets — Mercury, Venus, Neptune and ...

These probes, unlike the Hubble Space Telescope and other observatories ... of Washington and a leader of recent missions to Mercury and Mars. Last year, NASA's Messenger mission gave us the ...

Observations of distant galaxies billions of light years away, by the Hubble Space Telescope and the new ... a compelling endeavour. Mercury (magnitude +1.4, in Pisces – the Fish), having ...