A waxing Moon brightens the sky as we catch our last looks at Uranus and view Venus, Mercury, Jupiter, and Mars in the sky ...

The next year of science on the James Webb Space Telescope has been announced amid mounting budgetary uncertainty that could ...

Like the first few months of the year, April is a relatively quiet month for sky watching, but it does bring one of the ...

Lyrid meteor shower, which peaks the night of April 22, is one of the main April highlights for sky-watchers. This meteor ...

Californians can glimpse up to 15 meteors each hour under cloudless skies while the Lyrid meteor shower is underway. The ...

April skies feature close planet pairings, a bright meteor shower, and stunning views of the ancient star cluster M3.

Scientists are using an array of instruments to detect other planets, some of which may harbor life—and others that most ...

The planets offer exciting views in April for both night owls and early risers. Plus, the Lyrid meteor shower peaks in ...

What's happening in the skies over North Texas this month? April holds some spectacular sights in the night sky. Check out ...

Ellipses are defined as curves that surround two focal points. At any point on the ellipse, the sum of the distance to both ...

Meteorites are rocks from space that survive their fiery descent through Earth's atmosphere and reach the ground. More than ...

Asteroids’ orbits around the sun may put them in collision paths with inner planets. We may have had a near-miss, but ...