Mercury reaches its point of greatest eastern elongation on Friday (July 4), presenting an excellent opportunity to spot the ...

The International Rotation and Reference Systems Service found that July 9, July 22, and August 5 will be victims of the time ...

Astrophysicist Josep Trigo-Rodriguez of the Institute of Space Sciences near Barcelona, Spain, believes it is an interstellar ...

Long theorized but never observed, the first known “planet with a death wish” is described by Ilin and her colleagues in a ...

On July 3, 2025, at 3:54 pm ET, the Earth will officially reach its furthest point from the Sun for this year. This is called ...

Stars often whip their planets with solar winds and radiation, pull them ever closer with gravity and sear them with heat.

Scientists have proposed two experimental spacecraft that could reach one of the farthest known objects in the solar system ...

From Mercury’s peak visibility to the Southern delta Aquariids meteor shower, July’s skywatching lineup promises an array of ...

To get a glimpse of the “Swift Planet,” EarthSky suggests waiting for the sun to set before looking west for the planet ...

Using NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS), an international team of astronomers has discovered a new ...