From the northern lights ringing in the New Year to a spectacular meteor shower, January is shaping up to be an exciting ...
And there’s no better time than the present to see what’s going on beyond Earth. Across January, four of the Solar System’s eight planets (let’s not go there with Pluto) will be visible at the same ...
Even though the Quadrantid meteor shower's peak has come and gone, stargazers are still in for a treat this month.
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 ...
The space agency’s Parker Solar Probe survived the latest endeavor in its mission to “touch” the sun – flying just 3.8 ...
These two planets will appear closest together — separated by only ... Mercury is a -0.2-magnitude "morning star" rising 1.5 hours before the sun. In mid-twilight on the 1st, look 12 degrees ...
Earth reaches perihelion this morning at 8 A.M. EST, when our planet’s not-quite-circular orbit brings us to our closest point to the Sun for the year. On this day, we are just 91.4 million ...
See Venus, Saturn, Jupiter, and Mars appear in the night sky this month. From the northern lights ringing in the New Year to ...