Who among us, fail to notice the beautiful holiday decorations that are in full view at this time of the year? Streets, homes and stores are festooned in evergreens and arrayed in bright lights. As a ...

In our current evening sky we have one of the earliest soap-operalike stories, with two independent plots becoming intertwined into one. Perhaps we could call it the celestial version of "All My ...

Mercury reaches its stationary point in Virgo today at 4 P.M. EDT. It will now begin moving westward, or retrograde, while also reducing its elongation from the Sun. The solar system’s smallest planet ...

Astronomers can’t explain the bizarre light patterns on a far-away star — leaving some serious scientists thinking it might have to do with aliens. The unusual flickering around star KIC 8462852, ...