Astronomers describe Mercury as an "inferior planet", because its orbital path around the sun is much closer than that of ...

The Phoenix Mercury started quickly, tying a WNBA season-high for a half with 12 3-pointers, and kept rolling in a rout of ...

The nights surrounding June 7 will see Jupiter and Mercury crowd together close to the horizon in the northwestern sky. Stargazers in the U.S. will need a clear horizon to spot the planetary duo ...

This month will usher in two separate conjunctions — one between the moon and a rarely-visible Mercury, and another between the moon and Mars.

Natasha Mack’s journey to becoming a defensive star for the Phoenix Mercury was anything but straightforward. After being cut ...

It’ll reappear in the morning sky in late July. Meanwhile, Mercury continues to climb higher in the evening sky. Jupiter's distance from the Earth varies from 336 million miles to 600 million miles.

It’ll reappear in the morning sky in late July. Meanwhile, Mercury continues to climb higher in the evening sky. Jupiter’s distance from the Earth varies from 336 million miles to 600 million ...

Sky This Week is brought to you in part by Celestron. Friday, June 6 The Moon passes 0.5° south of the magnitude 1.0 star Spica at 11 A.M. EDT. The pair hangs in the evening sky, located in the ...

Learn from astrologers what to expect from Mercury "retroshade," the period that occurs just before and just after Mercury retrograde. Photo: Getty Images/<br />Seyed Morteza Shakeri/ EyeEm Written by ...

The constellations in the northern sky at midnight on June 15, 2025. (Stellarium) Later in the night, Pegasus, Andromeda, and Perseus all rise, one after the other, to the northeast.

Everything in space—from Earth and the sun to black holes—accounts for just 15% of all matter in the universe. The rest of ...