How did America respond to the Soviet Union’s space dominance? The Mercury Rocket was supposed to put the U.S. ahead, but ...

A European-Japanese spacecraft has beamed back some of the best close-up photos yet of Mercury's north pole as part of only the second human survey of our solar system's innermost planet.

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

This image provided by European Space Agency shows close-up photos of Mercury's north pole taken by the European-Japanese spacecraft BepiColombo. (European Space Agency via AP) This image provided ...

Mississippi stargazers will be able to see 4 or 5 planets in the night sky with their naked eye this month. Will you be able ...

The BepiColombo spacecraft will start orbiting Mercury in 2026. Right now, it's conducting a series of flybys of the planet to get into position for that orbit. On Jan. 8, one of those flybys ...

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

To get somewhere in outer space, you can’t exactly drive in a straight line. Orbits are tricky things, and sending a probe to ...

Two of these planets, Mercury and Saturn ... eventually fading into the sun's glare by month's end. Breaking space news, the latest updates on rocket launches, skywatching events and more!