This coming July, Venus could plow through the dust generated by an asteroid breakup thousands of years ago, potentially ...

A newly spotted comet is racing toward a perilously close encounter with the Sun, promising either a spectacular daytime ...

A conjunction is an astronomical event in which at least two planets – or, in this case, other celestial bodies – appear to our vantage from Earth to be close together in the sky. The trio of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Tonight's waning crescent moon phase will appear like a very thin sliver as the new moon is set to rise on Sunday, and the next ...

A celestial event called a conjunction featured the moon, Venus, and the star Regulus on Sept. 19. The trio will still be shining on Sept. 20, but Venus and Regulus will be further from the moon. The ...