Since 2018, we've seen 1ES 1927+654 generate jets in real time and found it may have a lone white dwarf orbiting near the ...

Every 26 months, the orbits of Earth and Mars allow us a closer look when Mars is at opposition — which will happen on Jan.

The Red Planet reaches its best position all year this week on January 15. Here’s how and when to get out and see it.

One of the first constellations amateur astronomers come to recognize, the Queen offers observers many worthy sights.

Astronomical observatories use several techniques to compensate for distortions in images caused by our atmosphere.

The company has outlined its proposed architecture to return martian rock and dust samples to Earth for research.

The Red Planet comes closest to Earth, disappears behind the Moon in an occultation, and finally reaches opposition in the ...

In this episode, Dave Eicher invites you to go out and watch the Full Moon pass in front of the Red Planet. Astronomers call such an event an occultation. Pretty much anyone in the continental U.S.

Extractable water near the south pole of our closest celestial neighbor promises a new spark for future space explorers.

Astronomy can often give us clues to the past that are otherwise lost to history. In one case, an Italian astronomer has ...

The newcomer replacing Pluto presently goes by “Planet Nine.” If and when it finally shows up, it will get the honor of a ...

New models reveal Pluto and Charon may have spent some of their early history locked together in an embrace after a grazing ...