The European Southern Observatory's Very Large Telescope (VLT) imaged both of the planets directly, and PDS 70b has the ...

A comical planetary beauty contest is described, highlighting the unique traits of each planet: Mercury’s fiery nature, Venus ...

Trans-Neptunian objects (TNOs) are icy bodies that vary widely in size, from large dwarf planets like Pluto and Eris—each ...

Mars, Venus, Jupiter and Saturn should be visible to the naked eye, but with a telescope you can spot Neptune and Uranus.

Roughly 300,000 years ago, our species first appeared on the African landscape before spreading globally and coming to ...

Explore Ceres, the largest asteroid in our solar system, and discover its remarkable ancient ocean and ice-rich crust.

For the past 18 months, we have hardly mentioned our trips to the Holy Land and Jordan, but as negotiations take place, the ...

The Tarantula Nebula, also known as 30 Doradus, is revealed in an unusual light in this exceptionally deep Chandra X-ray ...

Marking yet another breakthrough from Ahmedabad, a team of scientists from the city's Physical Research Laboratory (PRL) has ...

Learn about the life and scientific contributions of Johannes Kepler, the 17th-century astronomer known for his laws of ...

Five years ago, NASA provided an updated version of the Pale Blue Dot. JPL engineer Kevin M Gill reprocessed the image with modern tools but following the original approach, even receiving inputs from ...