When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. The moon, Venus and the Pleiades open star cluster will form an unusual celestial triangle on ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Venus will appear as a bright morning star close to the 'Seven Sisters' of the Pleiades open ...

Radio waves travel fast, and they can bounce, too. If you are able to operate a 25-meter dish, a transmitter, a solid software-defined radio, and an atomic clock, the answer is: yes, they can go all ...

At 5:00 AM EDT, the Moon will be located 7° north of Venus. Before sunrise, Venus (magnitude -4.2) and a 26-day-old, 13% illuminated waning crescent Moon will be visible in the constellation Aries, ...

Looking for a sky event this week? Check out our full Sky This Week column. November 23: Spy the Silver Sliver Venus and ...

Venus, with a magnitude of -4.1, is currently visible below the Pleiades star cluster (M45) in the pre-dawn eastern sky. Venus is approaching Aldebaran (magnitude 0.9), a star in the Hyades cluster, ...

May’s night sky is packed with astronomical events—find out when and where to look for meteor showers, ancient star clusters, and a rare cosmic lineup. Buachaille Etive Mòr rises beneath the Beehive ...

Yahoo Racing is powered by Motorsport Network, providing expert reporting, analysis, and insider access across the world’s top racing series. Ever since it returned to the evening sky just over a ...

This article first appeared on Wired.com. On August 10, six planets — Mercury, Venus, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune — will line up in an arc in the night sky. Four of these planets — Mercury, ...

During the 1240s, Richard Fishacre, a Dominican friar at Oxford University, used his knowledge of light and color to show ...