Is the moon a star or a planet? The correct answer is "neither," but that's not the consensus reached when the argument comes up in this funny TV clip. During a recent show for the QVC shopping ...

The final night of 2025 is the perfect time to watch the moon close to the Pleiades, find the brightest star in the night sky ...

So far, humanity has yet to find its first "exomoon"—a moon orbiting a planet outside of the solar system. But that hasn't ...

Shining in the constellation Gemini near the bright stars Pollux and Castor, Jupiter's opposition is the best time to see the ...

Tonight, a brilliant near-full moon rises in the east with Regulus, the heart of Leo, just ahead. Don’t miss this striking ...

The upcoming year will offer a blood-red moon, spectacular meteor showers and the first glimpse of the sun’s corona since ...

The moon-planet-star trio are among the brightest objects in our solar system, meaning the impending conjunction should be incredibly easy to spot. A conjunction is an astronomical event in which at ...

Dwarf planet Ceres reached its stationary point on August 15th, transitioning from eastward to westward motion relative to background stars, observable in the morning sky. On August 16th, a Last ...

Space enthusiasts in the U.S. will be able to see an ultra-thin waning crescent moon rising close to Venus in the sky on Sept. 19. The bright star, Regulus, located about 77 to 79 light-years from ...

Jupiter, as always, is a dazzling object, shining among the stars of Gemini the Twins. It reaches opposition on Jan. 10; this ...

With sapphire waterfalls, lava rain and orbits around dead stars, these distant worlds push the limits of what’s possible.