The planets are visible throughout February, "but they’ll be lined up best toward the end of the month,” NASA says.

Wausau Pilot & Review The night sky this week rewards patience, darkness and careful timing. A rare stretch of moonless evenings brings one of the ...

The first week of March will conclude with a celestial meet-up of the smallest and largest planets in the solar system, but it will only be visible to those up well before daybreak and under a ...

Astrophysicists discovered that an exoplanet is covered with so many active volcanoes that seen from a distance it would take on a fiery, glowing-red hue. UC Riverside astrophysicist Stephen Kane had ...

A University of Arizona-led team discovered a growing planet, WISPIT 2b, forming inside a disk gap around a young star. The finding confirms theories that protoplanets carve out gaps in disks of gas ...

Sky This Week is brought to you in part by Celestron. Friday, February 13This dark, moonless Friday the 13th evening is the perfect time to head out after dark and try to catch a glimpse of the ...

Do rainbows exist on distant worlds? Many phenomena that happen on Earth—such as rain, hurricanes, and auroras—also occur on other planets in our Solar System if the conditions are right. Now we have ...