January's sky brings a planet parade, Mars opposition, and the Quadrantid meteor shower. Enjoy Venus and Saturn's close ...

Uranus is undoubtedly the most oddly named planet in our Solar System, but things could have been worse. After all, being the ...

A planet parade is when several of our solar system's planets are visible in the night sky at the same time. There will be six planets visible this time around, including Venus, Mars ...

If Brown’s hidden world is real, Rubin will almost certainly find it or strong indirect evidence that it exists. “In the ...

Auroras are beautiful phenomena on Earth, but they aren't specific to this planet. In fact, they appear on many other planets ...

• Saturn, of magnitude +1.1, 16° to the upper left of Venus. The brighter planet will pass 2.2° north of Saturn on Jan. 18; Saturn will be nearly 11° below Venus on Jan. 31. A telescope reveals Saturn ...

Test your knowledge on our solar system, from the biggest and smallest planets to the behemoth mountain ... Constellations quiz: Can you name all the animals, objects and mythological figures ...

19, 2024 — Scientists have unveiled groundbreaking research on the origins of lunar water, offering insights that could reshape our understanding of the Earth-Moon system and the broader solar ...

The solar system is approximately 4.6 billion years old. Astronomers believe that roughly 100 million years into its existence, the planets first began to form in a rotating, flat cloud of gas ...

A new study has looked into the possibility that our Solar System could capture and provide a home for a rogue planet as they hurtle through the galaxy, alone. In 2017, astronomers at the Pan ...