The nights surrounding June 7 will see Jupiter and Mercury crowd together close to the horizon in the northwestern sky. Stargazers in the U.S. will need a clear horizon to spot the planetary duo ...

Enjoy a close conjunction of the solar system’s smallest and largest planet just days before the Full Strawberry Moon this ...

Finding a world like Earth elsewhere in the universe might mean looking for the right kind of solar system. A new discovery ...

NASA's latest discoveries about Jupiter have revealed astonishing new insights into the largest planet in our solar system.

During the month of June you will be able to see Mercury, Venus, Mars, Saturn, Neptune and Jupiter in the sky at different times.

WASHINGTON - Astronomers have spotted a cosmic mismatch that has left them perplexed - a really big planet orbiting a really ...

Astronomers have been left puzzled by the discovery of an unusually large planet orbiting a remarkably small star, a cosmic ...

As a result of the International Astronomical Union’s 2006 demotion of Pluto from planet to dwarf planet, our solar system ...

A group of astronomers from across the globe, including a team from the University of Washington and led by Queen's ...

In a few days, the first images from the Vera C. Rubin Observatory are to be presented. Simulations are now raising ...

A giant conundrum has been found orbiting a teeny tiny red dwarf star just a fifth of the size of the Sun. Such small stars ...

New research suggests there may be a narrow window of possibility for life to persist on the icy moons of the outer solar ...