Animated Doodle shows us the two largest planets in our solar system appearing to pass close to each other on the first day of winter. Steven Musil is the night news editor at CNET News. He's been ...

The world of The Witcher, set primarily on a continent simply called The Continent, is full of magic and monsters — but it didn’t begin that way. It’s accredited to a long-ago event, a cataclysm, ...

On the last solstice of 2020 (Dec. 21), Jupiter and Saturn will appear the closest together in the night sky in 4 centuries. Some parts of Earth's Northern Hemisphere have been feeling chilly weather ...

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 ...

Rare conjunction of moon, Venus, Regulus to light up sky will take place on September 19. This celestial event will bring together the crescent moon, the planet Venus, and the star Regulus in a close ...

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The "alien mothership" hypothesis for interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS is about to have a key test, as it hits solar conjunction ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Jupiter and Saturn will align in the night sky on Dec. 21 in an event astronomers call the "great ...

A great sky event is coming up, and Michiganders have a really good chance at seeing this event. One astronomer is calling it a “Grand Conjunction.” A conjunction is when two planets come very close ...

Last month, Jupiter and Saturn treated skywatchers to a spectacular, once-in-a-lifetime "great conjunction," when they were closer in the night sky than they had been since medieval times. Now, as our ...