At 6 A.M. EDT, Mercury will pass 1.2° north of Regulus, observable in the east before sunrise from locations with clear eastern horizons. Mercury, with a magnitude of –1.3, will reach an altitude of ...

Oct. 6: The full harvest supermoon is at 11:47 p.m. Eastern Time and rises at sunset in the East. This is the first full ...

Mini Mercury skipped across the vast, glaring face of the sun Monday in a rare celestial transit. Stargazers used solar-filtered binoculars and telescopes to spot Mercury - a tiny black dot - as it ...

October's longer nights bring two transits of Titan across Saturn, while Io and Europa tango together across Jupiter three ...

Look to the east slightly ahead of dawn on Sept. 2 to catch a fleeting glimpse of fleet-footed Mercury alongside the bright star Regulus, before it becomes lost in the light of the rising sun. Want to ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Jupiter, Venus and Mercury will appear together in the predawn sky on Sept. 1. | Credit: Created ...

When the Hubble Space Telescope takes pictures of the universe, there's a Case Western Reserve professor who uses the images to search for new stars in nearby galaxies. When NASA sends a probe to ...

Early risers are in for a spectacular show next week, when Jupiter, Venus and Mercury form a planetary lineup in the predawn sky on Sept. 1.