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

Saturn, Venus, Neptune, Uranus, Jupiter, Mars and Mercury will be visible in an uncommon planetary alignment this month.

In January 2025, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune were all visible in the night sky. And in February, 2025, ...

A rare planetary parade will occur on February 28, where all planets in our solar system will appear in the night sky. This ...

Astronomers use planetary alignment to describe the phenomenon when planets gather closely on one side of the Sun at the same ...

A parade of seven planets is set to appear in the night sky this month, and it will be the last of its kind until 2040.

Clyde Tombaugh didn't set out to discover Pluto when he sent his sketches of the night sky to Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff ...

The year 2025 has already been a spectacular time for stargazers and skywatchers. Last month, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, ...

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

When was Pluto discovered? Pluto was discovered in 1930 by Clyde Tombaugh, an American astronomer at the Lowell Observatory ...

"Pale Blue Dot" – one of the last photos taken by Voyager 1 – is still the most distant image of the Earth. Astronomer Carl ...