The planets offer exciting views in April. Jupiter is a brilliant object in the evening sky, although the observing window narrows as the Sun sets later each day. Mars is past its best, but remains ...

Sky This Week is brought to you in part by Celestron. Friday, April 18Jupiter still rules the early-evening skies, standing ...

Mars and the moon will also be in conjunction tonight. If you're lucky enough to have clear skies tonight, you can catch a ...

Catch two transits of Io, spot sparkling star clusters, and view Mars at aphelion while the April Full Moon lights the sky ...

Jovian storms can rework the whole chemical makeup of Jupiter's deep atmosphere by picking up ammonia from and dropping it somewhere else.

Asteroids’ orbits around the sun may put them in collision paths with inner planets. We may have had a near-miss, but ...

Jupiter: Spot Jupiter in the evening sky with a telescope, although with the sun setting later, it'll become more difficult to see. It'll be about 24 degrees above the horizon by April 30, setting ...

New research suggests meteor showers are so unpredictable due to the Sun’s own motion around the solar‑system barycenter.

It is likely that the four large moons were formed at the same time as Jupiter and in its immediate vicinity. For the small moons, it is assumed that they are more likely to be asteroids captured by ...

Kerry-Ann Lecky Hepburn has been a part of The Weather Network's forecasting team for over two decades. She is also well ...

If you buy through a BGR link, we may earn an affiliate commission, helping support our expert product labs. Skywatchers were treated to a delightful little spectacle this month thanks to a Venus ...

Since Jupiter's orbit takes 12 years ... While astronomers work diligently to survey the night sky from the Earth's surface, space-based surveys like the upcoming Near-Earth Object (NEO) surveyor ...