WASHINGTON (Reuters) -In May 2020, astronomers for the first time observed a planet getting swallowed by its host star. Based ...

Meet the author: Dr. Phil Plait is an astronomer, author, and science communicator with a PhD in astronomy at the University of Virginia. He has written four books on astronomy and consulted on space ...

It was a beautiful summer evening in Western Colorado. The Sun had just set and our bright sister planet was just starting to ...

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

While we’ll all feel the effects of this weekend’s Full Pink Moon in Libra, four signs are primed to be acutely altered by it ...

The next full moon over Mississippi rises April 12. Know when to find dark skies to watch the Lyrids meteor shower this month ...

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Prior to 2040, the last planetary quintuplet occurred in the year 1186, and according to Uptain, records show that the close ...

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Venus will pass nearly between the Earth and the Sun in an astronomical event known as an inferior conjunction. The moment itself may go unseen by most stargazers, yet it marks a significant phase in ...

Some facts on where and when the conjunction will appear: Even though Venus moves between the Earth and sun every 19.5 months, it becomes visible after sunset and before sunrise only around every ...

This weekend, Venus will pass directly between Earth and the Sun in a rare event known as Venus's Inferior Conjunction. While this event, often referred to as a "Venus Kiss," might sound like a ...