This January, the night sky promises a celestial spectacle as four planets dance across the sky. Venus, Saturn, Jupiter, and ...

The NASA mission broke its own record as it seeks to teach us more about our Sun, as well as reveal other secrets of the ...

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 ...

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 ...

The Parker Solar Probe is attempting the closest ever pass ... propel a probe toward the sun. Many spacecraft use maneuvers called gravity assists, swinging by a planet or moon to increase and ...