Six planets are part of the alignment, which will last until Feb. 18. Mercury will join the alignment later in the month.

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See Jupiter's “frosted cupcake” clouds in this 3D rendering created using data from NASA's Juno mission. It's the first time images captured by the visible-light camera aboard the spacecraft, called ...

From supermoons to an eclipse and star parties at national parks, these captivating celestial phenomena will get Americans ...

The space rock is heading in our direction at some 18,700 miles per hour, according to the space agency's data.

Scientists recently doubled the chances that Asteroid 2024 YR4 will hit Earth in 2032. While earlier estimates said the ...

Many photos McCarthy has taken of the space station in the past show the ship as a silhouette in Earth's shadow. This time he ...