For North Americans, this is an eye-catching sight, visible even from brightly lit cities.

Earth’s sister planet reaches greatest western elongation and dichotomy as the waxing Moon slides along the ecliptic in the ...

It was a race against the rising sun as astrophotographer Josh Dury captured a fleeting cosmic moment before dawn’s light ...

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

A waning crescent Moon lies near bright Venus in the morning sky, offering a gorgeous pairing for visual observing or ...

June kicks off as the sixth month of the calendar year, with the summer solstice occurring mid-month, marking the start of a ...

Venus could be hiding asteroids that would be deadly if they hit Earth, some experts say. A new study published in the ...

This month's full moon will tell Iowans it's time to get back in their gardens. May marks the annual flower moon, but it has also been called the planting moon or the budding moon. Here's what you ...