The European Space Agency (ESA) is ready to guide the ESA/NASA Solar Orbiter spacecraft through its closest encounter with ...

"Exploring the clouds, say by balloon, can be done with technology that's ready today," Byrne told Space.com. "We could ...

Ahead of its dance with Saturn on Feb. 24, Mercury should be seen on Feb. 19 at magnitude -1.2 with binoculars 20 minutes ...

VENUS, the so-called planet of love, is set to shine its brightest all year tomorrow – coincidentally, on Valentine’s Day.

"The Venus-like and Earth-like exoplanets we discover and study ... a lander could last eight hours or more, compared with the roughly one-hour-long mission durations attained decades ago by ...

Sadly, this will be the last in the current series of close evening get-togethers between the two, for on March 1 they will appear three times farther apart compared to Saturday. Also, during March ...

Located around 900 light-years away in the Puppis constellation, Tylos orbits its parent star at an absurdly close distance, ...

which show a lack of water erosion compared to places like Earth and Mars. It's also consistent with previous work that used modelling to study the early atmosphere of Venus. That's not to say ...

February brings a rare planetary parade, with five bright planets in clear view and a special alignment of Mercury and Saturn ...

A French astrophotographer recently snapped shots of the moon, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune in a single ...

On the 95th anniversary of its discovery, Pluto remains one of the most beloved and enigmatic worlds in our solar system, ...

The number of planets that orbit the sun depends on what you mean by “planet,” and that’s not so easy to define ...