Look to the eastern sky late Thursday, and a clear horizon will show you this unusual, grinning planet alignment.

The internet has been abuzz with the possibility of sky watchers seeing a “smiley face” in the eastern sky above the horizon ...

Scientists have developed a breakthrough coronagraph that could finally allow us to see Earth-like exoplanets hidden in the ...

When a planet's orbit brings it between Earth and a distant star, it's more than just a cosmic game of hide and seek. It's an ...

This artist’s concept pictures the planets orbiting Barnard’s Star, as seen from close to the surface of one of them. Image credit: International Gemini ...

At a recent event in London, UK, I had the privilege of going hands-on with a pre-launch build of DOOM: The Dark Ages, which is somehow even more metal than its predecessors.

If you love the stars, the planets, and everything in the sky, then be sure to check out the Southworth Planetarium on the University of Southern Maine Portland campus.

Jupiter is magnitude -2.1 this month. Sirius is magnitude -1.5. This giant planet is creeping eastward in relation to background stars. At dusk from mid-northern latitudes during April you'll see ...

Calçada/Guerra-Alvarado et al., Astronomers have discovered that the flattened clouds of gas and dust around stars — nurseries that give birth to planets — are generally smaller than ...