For most of January, four of the eight planets in our solar system (sorry, Pluto) will be visible if the sky is clear enough ...

A very rare treat is about to grace Earth's night skies.

The search for planets beyond our solar system has taken an exciting leap forward, thanks to advancements in space missions ...

If you are up before dawn this January, look for the bright — but elusive — planet Mercury in the sunrise direction. Try ...

Nasa’s Parker Solar Probe reached an unprecedented closeness to the Sun, enduring intense temperatures ... from the end zone at the moment of its closest approach, known as perihelion.

If the distance between Earth and the Sun is the equivalent to the length ... from the end zone at the moment of closest approach -- known as perihelion. "This is one example of NASA's bold ...

A NASA spacecraft may have made history, flying closer to the sun than any object sent before. The Parker Solar Probe had been on course to fly around 6.1 million kilometres from the surface ...

A Nasa spacecraft will attempt to make history on Christmas Eve with the closest-ever approach ... closer to the sun – flying past Venus in order to use the planet’s gravity to move it into ...

NASA could make this Christmas Eve one to remember as its pioneering Parker solar probe is poised to make its closest-ever approach to the Sun ... be on December 27 in order to check whether ...

Now in its closest orbit yet, Parker will pass just 3.8 million miles above the sun's surface. It will be within the corona, the super-heated outer atmosphere that's visible from Earth as bright ...

NASA's Parker Solar Probe was expected to make history on Tuesday by flying into the sun's outer atmosphere called the corona on a mission to help scientists learn more about Earth's closest star ...