Venus and Saturn will be in conjunction this weekend, appearing side by side in the night sky during January's post-sunset ...

Reaching Mercury is such a challenge because “the gravitational pull of the Sun is very strong near Mercury, which makes it ...

When it does, scientists say that the Sun will destroy Earth, Mercury, and Venus, leaving our entire solar system devastated. One day, the Sun may destroy Earth or make it unlivable due to the ...

Venus, Saturn, Jupiter and Mars are all visible after sunset, but social media claims about it being a rare "planetary ...

Earth is the only planet we know of that has ever had a fire. While there may be volcanoes pushing out hot magma on the ...

January started out with a meteor shower and now has a planetary alignment in store. Here's what you'll be able to see and when to catch the event.

Emily Simpson has loved space since she was a 10-year-old kid celebrating her birthday at a planetarium. Now a recent Florida ...

A rare celestial phenomenon is about to light up the heavens, offering skywatchers a chance to marvel at the dynamic beauty ...

A spacecraft built in the UK has captured new images of Mercury as it made its sixth and final flyby ahead of entering the ...

In January, stargazers will be able to see four bright planets, the close dance of Venus and Saturn, Mars at opposition, and ...

Earth ejecta, for instance, could hold Earth life. "We're trying to figure out how much mass is reaching Venus from Earth, and how many cells can that mass carry," Emma Guinan, first author of a ...