Talk of the so-called “fiscal cliff” has grown from a murmur to a roar this holiday season. But that doesn’t make this cliff ...

This month, beside the snow moon, the planet Venus will shine at its brightest for the year after sunset, according to NASA.

Throughout February, these six planets may be seen across the sky at night, as they were in January. But, later in the month, you have the chance to see the planets joined by Mercury, creating an ...

You'll be able to easily see four planets in the February evening sky, and with any luck you'll be able to raise that number to five during the final week of the month. You'll be able to easily ...

Astronomers have been left red-faced after announcing the discovery of a new near-Earth asteroid — only to realize that the supposed space rock was the remains of Elon Musk's cherry-red Tesla ...

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A "super-Earth" planet found outside of our solar system could have conditions suitable for life, according to experts at the University of Oxford. Researchers said the planet has a mass six times ...

Get ready for a parade of planets this winter. During the month of January, sky gazers will be able to see four planets in one view — and come February, the parade will only expand. NASA says ...

They also checked to see if any of those dips in light curves might have been caused by second planets orbiting the same star but came up empty-handed. While seven additional candidate exoplanets ...

Until that happens, the best the universe can offer is aligning planets, we’re afraid – but it’s still pretty exciting. For a few brief evenings around February 28, every planet in our solar ...