Jupiter and Mars will appear to make ultraclose approaches to the moon on two nights this week. Here's how to get the best ...

To get somewhere in outer space, you can’t exactly drive in a straight line. Orbits are tricky things, and sending a probe to ...

Don't put your binoculars away just yet, the planet parade continues through February. Here's which planets will be visible ...

Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn are all bright enough ... of the Universe on the 25th anniversary of Chandra, its X-ray Observatory. Researchers in Australia put cameras on sea lions ...

After five weeks and a general malaise, January is behind us, and the brief, bright month of February is straight ahead.

Although the occurrence climaxed on Jan. 21 with a conjunction—close alignment—of Saturn and Mercury, the planetary parade ...

This month, Jupiter will appear lined up in the sky alongside Mars, Venus, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune, in a so-called "planetary parade". Jupiter, Venus, Saturn and Mars are visible to the naked ...

Just east of Betelgeuse is the fine binocular cluster NGC 2244. But the much fainter Rosette Nebula that lies around the ...

The portfolio of current NESC technical activities reaches across mission directorates and programs encompassing design, test ...

Also on February 4, Jupiter turns direct in Gemini ... Your inner mogul takes the wheel after the 23rd, when Mars turns direct in Cancer and powers forward through your ambitious tenth house.