These are the good old days. Every planet except for Mars is striking and changing rapidly. Come back this Thanksgiving, though, and

The New Horizons spacecraft is now just a few days from reaching Pluto. After traveling for nine years, it is

In Bastille Day, the human race will visit the final planet – or ex-planet. The fastest-ever spacecraft was launched in

Planets are making the news: Saturn’s rings are bigger than previously thought. Pluto is about to be visited for the

The sky will get pretty spectacular later in June. So this particular moonless week is a good time to clear out

NASA’s wonderful Messenger reaches the end of its life the day this newspaper hits the stands. Out of fuel and

We’ve known since 1998 that 96 percent of the cosmos is made of unknown stuff. Not merely unknown as in

I’m going to prove how easy astronomy can be – and how dramatic. I guarantee that you will not fail. All you