This January, the night sky promises a celestial spectacle as four planets dance across the sky. Venus, Saturn, Jupiter, and ...

Charon is large in size relative to Pluto, and is locked in a tight orbit with the dwarf planet. A new simulation suggests how it ended up there.

This beautiful image shows Saturn re-emerging from behind our moon after a lunar occultation on 4 January. These occur when ...

Chile, Argentina, the U.K., Norway, Australia, New Zealand and France—maintain territorial claims on the continent.

Pluto and its largest moon Charon could have come together via a 10-hour “kiss-and-capture” encounter after a grazing ...

Research and development is underway to create robots that can hunt for signs of life in the vast oceans that exist under the ...

NASA astronaut Don Petit's video of an aurora has gone viral on social media. He is currently in the ISS for approximately ...

A very rare treat is about to grace Earth's night skies. On the evening of 28 February 2025, all seven of the other planets ...

This view happens every 13.7 to 15.7 years, with the next side-on view taking place on March 23, 2025. After that, we will begin to see the underside of Saturn's rings and its south pole, another view ...

In our solar system, Earth is one of only three worlds that sees temperatures above 32 degrees Fahrenheit, while other ...

From the northern lights ringing in the New Year to a spectacular meteor shower, January is shaping up to be an exciting ...

If you’re lucky enough to have gotten a telescope or binoculars this holiday season, you’ve picked the perfect time to enter ...