Mercury stands stationary at 3 A.M. EDT amid the stars of Cancer. The solar system's smallest planet will now start sliding westward, or retrograde, appearing to "fall" back toward the Sun as it moves ...

The nights surrounding June 7 will see Jupiter and Mercury crowd together close to the horizon in the northwestern sky.

The bright morning star Venus, moving quickly through Taurus, hangs in the predawn sky below the Seven Sisters open cluster.

The new moon occurs on June 25. A day later, Mercury reaches its highest point in the evening sky, and on June 27, the young moon will make a close pass to the planet.

NASA also points out that July and August is an excellent chance to view the constellation Aquila, also known as the eagle as ...

Saturday, May 24: Planet Parade. This is your last chance to catch the moon before disappearing into the sun's glare and becoming new. Only 11%-lit, it will be very low on the eastern horizon 45 ...

If you can catch this elusive planet in a telescope, you’ll spot a gibbous disk growing from 60 percent lit on the 1st to 77 percent lit on the 12th. Mercury quickly dips out of view after the ...

Our planet itself is located along one of the galaxy’s spiral arms, about halfway from the center, according to NASA. The Milky Way sits in a cosmic neighborhood called the Local Group that ...