The Sun passes the celestial equator moving south today, marking the Northern Hemisphere’s transition to autumn.

A possible Jupiter-sized object circling the brown dwarf CD-35 2722 b has implications for planetary science, including what ...

Rising around 7:30 P.M. local daylight time, Saturn reaches an altitude above 40° in the southeast by local midnight. Visible ...

Our current planet-hunting techniques are unable to detect an Earth-like planet in an Earth-like orbit around a Sun-like star.

Here's what's launching Sept. 21–27: two Chinese rockets go up, Rocket Lab delivers an Earth-observation satellite, and ...

Now is the best time to catch 145-mile-wide 3 Juno as it passes through a random collection of 9th- and 10th-magnitude stars.

High in the eastern sky this evening you’ll find the zig-zagging constellation Lacerta, home to several lovely and relatively bright open star clusters. Tonight, let’s check out the brightest of those ...

Air Force Secretary Troy Meink's announcement is the first official U.S. acknowledgment of space-based weapons.

Dark-sky sights take center stage as Saturn's moons dance and Venus mingles with the Moon in the sky this week.

Dione crosses Saturn’s north pole, projecting its shadow onto the cloud tops as Tethys disappears into the planet’s shadow.

Europe's Vega C lifts a pair of Earth-observation satellites from French Guiana, China targets five launches, and Russia ...

Three celestial objects form a triangle in the evening twilight as Venus and the crescent Moon hang with Virgo’s brightest ...