A shortcut for New Yorkers to spot some of the planets is to look for them when they are near the moon. On Feb. 1, Venus will ...

Mercury is the underdog planet. It's the smallest guy in the neighborhood, and it lives in the roughest part of town—high temperature, strong solar wind. But little Mercury is tough. It's made ...

Yes, six planets will be visible in the January night sky. And yes, they'll be in a line. But because planets always appear in a line from our Earth-bound vantage, the alignment isn't anything out ...

Rumor has it that as many as six planets will be in a line and visible in the night sky. Unfortunately, this cosmic event may be a cosmic letdown if you're not informed of what you'll actually see ...

Astronomy fans know 2025 kicked off with a meteor shower, but another big spectacle is coming up that should be on your radar, too. Here’s what to look forward to and how to watch ...

Corona Borealis is hardly the most famous of the constellations in the night sky. It is perhaps best known as the partial namesake of the Hercules-Corona Borealis Great Wall, the largest structure ...

In our latest NOVA Lab, we’ve created a game that invites ... players use the transit method to identify stars that seem to have planets orbiting them. This method allows them to calculate ...