From astronauts looping around the moon to spacecraft reaching Mercury and asteroids near Earth, 2026 is shaping up to be a ...

Mercury is visible in the western sky after sunset. Mercury appears larger than Mars through a telescope due to its proximity to Earth. Mercury is currently a gibbous shape, more than half lit.

This article first appeared on Wired.com. On August 10, six planets — Mercury, Venus, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune — will line up in an arc in the night sky. Four of these planets — Mercury, ...

Six planets will appear together in the morning sky this month, marking the final “planetary parade” of the year, according to NASA. The phenomenon happens when multiple planets seem to align from ...

The Oxley Nature Center will let people use a telescope Wednesday to watch the planet Mercury cross in front of the sun, which happens only once or twice a decade. The Nature Center's Donna Horton ...