Venus reaches its greatest western elongation (46°) from the Sun at midnight EDT. Earth’s sister planet is now visible in the ...

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

The innermost planets straddle nighttime, with Mercury in the evening and the greatest western elongation of Venus in the ...

Streaks of colorful light could paint the sky over a large portion of the country on Sunday night into Monday morning amid a ...

The last astronomy event of May will appear in the sky at the end of the week, plus onlookers will have the chance to spot a ...

Time to roll out your picnic blanket and unfold those lawn chairs: A meteor shower is set to streak across the (very) early morning sky on May 6. The annual Eta Aquarid meteor shower is expected ...

Astronomy enthusiasts will be in for a treat early Friday morning. A "planetary parade" will be visible in the hours leading ...