This January, the night sky offers a stunning display featuring the Quadrantid meteor shower and a rare alignment of four bright planets visible in a single view. Witness Mars at opposition, shining ...

On Christmas Eve, the Parker Solar Probe came within 3.8 million miles of the sun’s surface while moving at 430,000 miles per ...

Earth is now closer to the sun than at any other time of the year. Here's why our planet's axial tilt, not proximity to the ...

Go outside on a clear night right after sunset and you’ll be able to see Venus and Saturn to the southwest, Mars to the east, ...

HONOLULU (KHON2) — In 2025, Hawai ʻ i will experience numerous opportunities for skywatchers to observe a variety of ...

Welcome to January, the month that can’t help but present an alluringly clean slate that invites you to create the story of ...

The first eight weeks of 2025 present us with a striking lineup of evening planets. In order from west to east across the sky ... Venus reaches greatest elongation, 47° east of the sun, on Jan. 9. On ...

NASA's Parker Solar Space Probe got closer to the sun than any other human-made object. NPR talks to the scientist behind the ...

A NASA spacecraft has made history by surviving its closest-ever approach to the Sun during the Parker Solar Probe mission, a project over six years in the making. The spacecraft was out of ...

The Parker Solar Probe performed its closest pass of the Sun to date, going within 3.8 million miles (6.1 million km) from the surface on Christmas Eve ...

NASA made history this Christmas, marking humanity’s closest ever approach to the sun - a landmark moment for space travel.