Summer will officially begin with this year's solstice on June 20. And on Wednesday, June 11, comes a "strawberry moon," the ...

Spica is a binary star system located 250 light-years from Earth in the constellation Virgo. The waxing gibbous moon will ...

Venus continues to be the brilliant “Morning Star” in the East before dawn, albeit dimming just a bit as it moves away from ...

This month will usher in two separate conjunctions — one between the moon and a rarely-visible Mercury, and another between ...

As it travels, the Moon’s shape – or phase – alters as different amounts of its surface are lit up by the Sun’s rays, Nigel ...

In the Northern Hemisphere, June 20 is the day on which the sun is highest in the sky, aka the summer solstice! This is the ...

June's full 'Strawberry Moon' will be at its fullest on Wednesday, June 11, but the best time to see it will be at dusk on ...

An eclipse like this happens when the Moon, Earth and Sun all align so that the Moon is ... there are some bright stars you can see in our early spring sky. Here’s the rundown from the latest ...

Simulations show that the stars’ tug could send Mercury, Venus or Mars crashing into Earth — or let Jupiter eject our world from the solar system.

Two days later, the just-past-full moon will occult the star Antares. Moons are full when they are on the opposite side of Earth from the sun, and fully illuminated (from the point of view of Earth).

An illustration of the new moon of May 2025 near the sun on May 27 ... of its orbit that is receding from Earth. It is still ...

Since March, Venus has been visible in the morning sky, just east of sunrise. But the planet's greatest elongation, when it ...