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

This image from NASA’s Juno spacecraft captures several storms in Jupiter’s southern hemisphere (Figure A). Titanic blasts created by the impacts of comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 fragments left Jupiter with ...

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

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

To get somewhere in outer space, you can’t exactly drive in a straight line. Orbits are tricky things, and sending a probe to ...

Let's talk about the best worst sci-fi movie of all time. Here's why 2015's 'Jupiter Ascending' shouldn't be viewed in a 21st ...

Jupiter - Jupiter and its four largest moons are visible even in city lights. Larger telescopes can reveal the planet's Great Red Spot. Mars-Mars reached opposition on Jan. 12, making it visible all ...

Using data from the European Space Agency’s Gaia mission, scientists have found a huge exoplanet and a brown dwarf. This is ...

Venus, Jupiter and Mars will dazzle in the night sky this month, giving stargazers of all levels a great show. The three ...

In a celestial event known as a great alignment the five planets will be discernible with the naked eye, but to see Neptune ...

February stargazing is fantastic for many reasons, but this year there’s a one-two-three punch of bright planets adding to ...