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Skywatchers will witness a rare event as the Moon, Mars, and Mercury appear close together in the twilight sky this October.

The 6%-lit waxing crescent moon will be visible roughly 5 degrees above the horizon as the sun sets on Oct. 23, with Mercury ...

November's Sky Above episode features a supermoon, meteor shower, and interstellar comet, with experts discussing these ...

Earth is, simply put, a ball of confusion these days for most of us—from its pandemics to its politics and everything in ...

Earth is, simply put, a ball of confusion these days for most of us—from its pandemics to its politics and everything in ...

Comprehensive guide to November 2025 night sky events, including visible planets Saturn, Jupiter, Venus and Mercury, the year’s brightest supermoon and peak meteor showers.

Sunrise and sunset • Rises at 7:31 a.m. and sets at 5:59 p.m. on the 1st (daylight saving time) • Rises at 7:03 a.m. and sets ...

Mercury currently appears as a bright "evening star" in the southwestern sky at sunset. Mercury will reach its greatest ...

The James Webb Space Telescope's main goal is to detect faint light from distant galaxies, but it recently observed one of the brightest objects in the night sky: Mars. The space observatory captured ...

Bringing samples from Mars back to Earth is one of NASA's most ambitious goals. The plan goes back to the 1970s, with NASA's robotic exploration program, when the first spacecraft landed on the ...