The bright morning star Venus crosses from Aries into Taurus, closing in on Uranus for a conjunction later this week.

Friday, July 4 Mercury reaches its greatest eastern elongation from the Sun, standing 26° from our star at 1 A.M. EDT. We’ll ...

Researchers now appreciate that gas planets are more complex than first thought. New findings have implications for our ...

Wake up early for a planet parade 🪐 Between April 24 and 25, find Venus, Saturn, and the crescent moon gathered low in the east as dawn warms the morning sky. Mercury is also visible below them ...

A piece of a Soviet vehicle that malfunctioned en route to Venus more than 50 years ago is due to crash back to Earth as soon as this week. Much about the piece of space debris, called Cosmos 482 ...

On the surface (you're welcome for the joke), Venus is not even close to being hospitable to life. But that's not the end of the story. This planet has by far the hottest surface temperatures in ...