Prior to 2040, the last planetary quintuplet occurred in the year 1186, and according to Uptain, records show that the close ...

Our planet's closest and brightest neighbor will pass approximately between the Earth and sun this week, in what's called an ...

The moon slipped between the Earth and the sun on Saturday, casting a shadow on our planet in parts of the United States, ...

The moon dims, the meteors fly, and the planets dance—these are the most exciting celestial events happening this month.

April marks the last time to see Jupiter at its best before its observing window closes. On Tuesday evening (April 1), ...

Let's celebrate April first as "Healthy Skepticism Day", especially with fantastical astronomy stories and images online ...

The orbit Venus takes around the sun results in an inferior conjunction as it transitions from appearing in the evening sky ...

On Saturday, March 29, 2025, we will experience a partial solar eclipse in the fire-forward, progress-at-all-costs sign of ...

Astronomers have long suspected that there was at least one exoplanet orbiting Barnard's Star — a red dwarf with a mass around one-sixth that of the sun ... moon pulls on our planet and causes ...

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

The alignment only happens at special times, and that’s because the orbit of the Moon around the Earth is slanted with ...

An inferior conjunction of Venus happens when the planet swings between the sun and Earth. Such an alignment ... Venus has phases just like the moon. Before and after the conjunction, Venus ...