Mercury shines extra bright, the Lyrid meteor shower peaks, and a comet soars into view Mercury shines at its brightest for ...

NASA's Perseverance Mars rover caught something unusual streaking across the sky above the Red Planet. On Saturday (Oct. 4), Perseverance's Right Navigation Camera (Navcam) captured an image of a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Stargazers will soon have an opportunity to view six planets in alignment in the night sky, according to NASA. Mercury, Venus, ...

Look up this week to get a glimpse of Mars, it’s making a “close approach” of Earth right now. On October 13, the Earth is directly in the middle of the sun and Mars. Mars is traveling close to the ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. Skywatchers have much to look forward to in 2026. From rare ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. NASA’s SPHEREx has mapped the entire sky in 102 infrared colors, which are invisible to the human eye but can be used to reveal ...

(NEW YORK) -- Stargazers will soon have an opportunity to view six planets in alignment in the night sky, according to NASA. Mercury, Venus, Neptune, Saturn, Uranus and Jupiter will take part in a ...