Wake Up Early This Month to See Venus, Mars, Saturn, and Jupiter Aligned in a Dazzling Display
In the last weeks of April, Venus, Mars, Saturn, and Jupiter will form a planetary quartet.
In the last weeks of April, Venus, Mars, Saturn, and Jupiter will form a planetary quartet.
A strong geomagnetic storm is forecast for March 31, and the northern lights could be visible in parts of the lower 48 states as a result.
Look out for a NASA rocket launch Monday night if you live in Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Virginia, or West Virginia.
The booster is set to collide with the moon in days, but no one seems to be taking responsibility for it.
A new Christie's auction features chunks of Mars, the Moon, and the only known meteorite to ever cause a fatality. (It was a cow.)
Venus, also known as the morning star, will appear more dazzling than usual when it reaches peak brightness in early February 2022.
The 555-carat black carbonado diamond is purported to be from outer space, though some experts are questioning its origin story.
Buzz Aldrin is best known as the second astronaut to walk on the moon, but he also holds a Guinnnes World Record.
Here's what you should know about 2021's full cold moon, include the meaning of the name and the best time to see it.
It's hard not to feel unsettled by this 360-degree VR video simulation of what it's like to get sucked into a black hole.
Elon Musk’s net worth for 2021 made him Forbes’s second richest person in the world. This calculator puts it into terms we can all grasp.
Farming on Mars may not be as easy as it looks in 2015’s ‘The Martian,’ but a new Heinz ketchup suggests it might be possible.
Eclipse-chasers will travel all the way to Antarctica to catch the next total solar eclipse on Saturday, December 4.
This Thanksgiving, star-gazers can be thankful for a trio of planets lining up in the night sky after sunset.
In the early morning hours of November 19, a partial lunar eclipse will turn the micro beaver moon reddish brown.
At $50,000 per seat, World View's stratospheric hot air balloon rides are significantly cheaper than competing commercial space flights.
Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak is looking to monetize the space debris clogging the stars with Privateer, a kind of galactic garbage company.
More than half a year after NASA’s Mars rover, Perseverance, landed on the Red Planet, it secured its first pet rock.
The solar system: It’s big, it’s heliocentric, and it’s got space junk to spare. Here are 24 out-of-this-world facts about the corner of space that’s home to Earth.
If you feel like getting away to outer space, check out these rental accommodations that promise to (metaphorically) send you into orbit.
We spoke with three experts to figure out which are the best telescopes and astronomy equipment for stargazing.
Neptune is rarely visible, but on September 14, 2021, the remote planet reaches opposition, making it appear bigger and brighter than usual from Earth.
Fifty years ago, Alan Shepard became the first astronaut to hit a golf ball on the moon. Read on for more facts about trailblazing career at NASA.
Through Omaze, one lucky person and a guest could win seats on one of the first flights into space from Virgin Galactic. The sweepstakes is open from now until September 1.