When it comes to maps, Google has already conquered Earth. Whether you need a bird’s eye view of your neighborhood or a street-level glimpse at a storefront half the world away, Google can deliver it ...

The planet Venus is at its peak of visibility in the evening sky this week. Officially, Venus became an "evening star" on October 22 of last year when it appeared from our earthly vantage point to be ...

Planetariums, observatories, weather offices and perhaps even police stations should be prepared to receive a bevy of inquiries during the next couple of weeks concerning a strange "UFO" that will ...

And you though that Pluto got little respect. The United States hasn’t sent a major robotic explorer back to Venus since the Magellan mission of the early 1990s revealed that it is unlikely that life ...

Venus is in the spotlight Tuesday (June 5) as it makes a rare pass across the face of the sun. The transit of Venus occurs in pairs more than a century apart. The last Venus transit happened in 2004, ...

Tonight beginning at 22:09 UTC, Venus will appear as a dark spot in front of the sun for the first time in eight years, and for the last time for more than a century — the next transit of Venus won’t ...

The helicopter fell like a stone. It dropped by more than 1,500 meters over Maryland, twisting slightly as the ground grew rapidly closer. Although this was all according to plan, that didn’t settle ...