As Santa sits at the North Pole anticipating the discovery of life on some far-flung planet he might be somewhat nervously scanning the latest scientific literature to see which exoplanets are hot top ...

Visualize Earth with an atmosphere as thick and harsh as Venus. Legal analysts react to Trump’s plan to terminate Biden ...

Paul McCartney’s Wings Blu-ray Collection delivers 32 remixed tracks in Dolby Atmos and DTS-HD MA 5.1, offering a fresh immersive look at the band’s 1970s peak.

Sky This Week is brought to you in part by Celestron. Friday, November 14Auriga the Charioteer rides high in the sky tonight, reaching an altitude of 70° above the eastern horizon by local midnight.

When we think of all things desirable—love, romance, money, attraction, allure, luxury, possessions, and magnetism—we likely enter the territory of Venus. In astrology, this planet represents ...

A conjunction is an astronomical event in which at least two planets – or, in this case, other celestial bodies – appear to our vantage from Earth to be close together in the sky. The trio of ...

The source of enigmatic circles on the surface of Earth’s closest relative in solar system revealed in new paper A research team led by geophysicists at UC San Diego’s Scripps Institution of ...

A slim crescent moon, the planet Venus, and the star Regulus will appear close together in the eastern sky before dawn on Friday, September 19. Binoculars or a small telescope can enhance the view, ...

Venus, our planet of love, attachment, attraction and wealth, is setting up shop in the lion’s heart of Leo this week. Crawling out of the crab shell of Cancer, where Venus expresses itself via ...

It could be the most spectacular heavenly sight of 2025. I’m talking about the close conjunction (pairing) of the two brightest planets, Venus and Jupiter. The planets will linger in the dawn sky for ...

If you set your alarm clock for 4 a.m. local time this week and head outside to a location with a clear and unobstructed view of the eastern horizon, you'll be able to catch sight of the two brightest ...

Set an early alarm Aug. 12 to ensure you’ll enjoy a special celestial treat. The two brightest planets, Venus and Jupiter, will be less than 1 degree apart in the eastern sky. One degree would be the ...