Radio waves travel fast, and they can bounce, too. If you are able to operate a 25-meter dish, a transmitter, a solid software-defined radio, and an atomic clock, the answer is: yes, they can go all ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. The moon, Venus and the Pleiades open star cluster will form an unusual celestial triangle on ...

Should your local weather forecast suggest that Friday morning — the start of the Memorial Day Holiday Weekend — will be fair and clear, it will be well worth setting your alarm clock to awaken you ...

A hidden population of asteroids sharing Venus' orbit could threaten Earth in a few thousand years, and we might not even see them coming without better telescopes. These so-called Venus co-orbital ...

Venus, with a magnitude of -4.1, is currently visible below the Pleiades star cluster (M45) in the pre-dawn eastern sky. Venus is approaching Aldebaran (magnitude 0.9), a star in the Hyades cluster, ...

At 5:00 AM EDT, the Moon will be located 7° north of Venus. Before sunrise, Venus (magnitude -4.2) and a 26-day-old, 13% illuminated waning crescent Moon will be visible in the constellation Aries, ...

A conjunction is an astronomical event in which at least two planets – or, in this case, other celestial bodies – appear to our vantage from Earth to be close together in the sky. The trio of ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. Early risers on Saturday, July 5, are in for a pre-dawn ...

The moon-planet-star trio are among the brightest objects in our solar system, meaning the impending conjunction should be incredibly easy to spot. A conjunction is an astronomical event in which at ...

Look to the east before sunrise on June 22 to catch the delicate form of the crescent moon shining with Venus alongside the Pleiades star cluster. Stargazers in the U.S. can find the cosmic trio ...