Injecting far-flung ice-covered lunar oceans with earthly microbes to see how life is shaped may seem like the diabolical ...

Scientific American spoke with the astronomer who has contributed to the discovery of two thirds of Saturn’s known moons ...

The moon will rise with Venus and the ice giant Neptune in the pre-dawn sky on Thursday, May 22.

Now just 1.7° apart, Saturn and Neptune are visible in Pisces, some 15° high by 4 A.M. Catch them in the early-morning ...

June kicks off as the sixth month of the calendar year, with the summer solstice occurring mid-month, marking the start of a ...

It was a race against the rising sun as astrophotographer Josh Dury captured a fleeting cosmic moment before dawn’s light ...

Saturn and Neptune are joined by the crescent Moon in the early-morning sky as our satellite moves along the ecliptic.

Since March, Venus has been visible in the morning sky, just east of sunrise. But the planet's greatest elongation, when it ...