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

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 ...

The zodiacal light shines in the evening as the Moon reaches Last Quarter and skims past Spica and Antares in the sky this ...

Galileo precedes today’s physicists by many generations, but his work underscores the interplay of intellect and observation ...

YR4 has just above a 1% chance of crashing into Earth in 2032, which is why astronomers and space agencies are paying ...

If the thought of any planet going retrograde causes you to steel yourself for a surge of frustration, crossed wires and ...

Use precise geolocation data and actively scan device characteristics for identification. This is done to store and access ...

Astronomers discovered the gas giant planet — dubbed a "hot Jupiter " — in 2016, but have continued to investigate this ...

Throughout February, the five brightest planets - Venus, Jupiter, Mars, Mercury and Saturn - will be visible in the sky ...

Bright yellow deposits in Consus Crater provide new evidence of Ceres' cryovolcanic history, reigniting the debate over ...

You’ll find several bright planets, stars and obvious constellations in the February evening sky. The most obvious constellation this month is Orion. To find Orion, face south and look for Orion’s ...

Jupiter became a gas giant ... said they offered a new level of insight into the chemistry of the early solar system. “These are going to be classics,” he predicted. Mark Schneegurt, an astrobiologist ...