Guns fired, a mechanical trumpet blared taps, and a folded flag was presented to Craig’s wife, all under a gray, cloudy sky.

Ahead of its dance with Saturn on Feb. 24, Mercury should be seen on Feb. 19 at magnitude -1.2 with binoculars 20 minutes ...

This lovely evening sky was photographed over a Sacramento neighborhood in early January. Thank you, Claus Weisemann, for ...

Portland State senior pitcher Grace Kimball, from Sunset High School, was named co-Pitcher of the Week by the Big Sky ...

Venus is now at its almost unbelievably brightest at a marvelous time when many other (though less radiant) planets and ...

The iridescent cloud reveals new clues about ice formation in the Martian atmosphere (no little green men, sorry).

Saturn, Venus, Neptune, Uranus, Jupiter, Mars and Mercury will be visible in an uncommon planetary alignment this month.

Mars, Venus, Jupiter and Saturn should be visible to the naked eye, but with a telescope you can spot Neptune and Uranus.

Four planets will be widely visible to the naked eye through part of February, but calling them a 'planetary alignment' may not be the full picture.

It is not often that all the planets in the Solar System other than ours are lined up across the night sky for us to see.

Readers’ photos celebrate sunrises and sunsets, when the light is the most pleasing. Fifty-one photos were sent in; here are ...