When it came to discovering Neptune, scientists didn’t need to see to believe. The eighth planet in our solar system was ...

Are there hidden planets in our solar system? New technologies, like the powerful Rubin Observatory, brings us closer to ...

The ideal time to watch this celestial alignment is just after sunset and will be more difficult to see while the sun is ...

Our ideas of the colours of the planets Neptune and Uranus have been wrong, research led by UK astronomers reveals. Images from a space mission in the 1980s showed Neptune to be a rich blue and ...

NASA’s Voyager mission launched in the 1970s. Today, it’s making history as it conducts new science. But how are two ...

Freezing cold, dark and with an atmosphere that smells like farts and rotten eggs? Uranus doesn’t sound like somewhere you’d want to call home. But let’s say you did want to move to Uranus. What kind ...

For years, scientists have wracked their brains trying to figure out why Neptune is bluer than Uranus. In fact, the two planets are similar in so many regards that many refer to them as twins.

A spatial enigma hides in the depths of Uranus and Neptune. Titanic storms sporadically appear, perplexing astronomers. These ice giants, with atmospheres still poorly understood, prove to be true ...

You may need binoculars or a telescope for this one. It includes the three furthest planets in our solar system.

Rare planetary alignments, known as major conjunctions, have coincided with significant events in human history. The recent ...

Retrogrades in astrology are periods when planets appear to move backwards, prompting reflection and reassessment. Mercury ...