Stargazers will be treated to a rare seven-planet alignment in February. This is what scientists hope to learn.

The E-69 Highway in Norway is called the Last Road of the World, because it takes travelers closest to the North Pole. The 129 km long northernmost highway in the world passes through the Finmark ...

That means the Sun and the "Red Planet" are directly opposite from each other with Earth in the middle. According to NASA, ...

Dwarf planet Pluto, on the other hand, has a fairly squashed orbit. Mercury, the closest planet to the sun, has the most eccentric orbit, with the difference between the distance at perihelion and ...

UK researchers have confirmed the existence of a “super Earth” located 20 light-years away that could reveal the existence of ...

The best events these next two weeks are Venus attaining its highest sunset or nightfall elevation, Mars coming its closest ...

The Red Planet will be at its closest point to Earth, also known as perigee, on Jan. 12 and will be exactly opposite the sun ...

The eight major planets of our Solar System orbit the Sun in the same flat plane, and all at different speeds. Mercury, the closest planet to the Sun, completes an orbit – a year for the planet ...

Yes, but there's a catch. "This makes these unlit craters some of the coldest places in the Solar System, despite Mercury being the closest planet to the Sun!" the ESA marveled. What's more ...

Generally, the nights of and near the new moon – when the moon is not illuminated – are better for most stargazing experiences. Here are the dates of new moons this year.

GREEN BAY, Wis. (WBAY) - Today’s 3 Brilliant Minutes is out of this world -- and out of this galaxy! A European Space Agency probe gives us new pictures of Mercury, the planet closest to the sun. Brad ...