The moon and Venus will shine vividly alongside a bright star in the early morning in a celestial rendezvous that should be visible across the U.S.

Created by the sun, the protective bubble of the heliosphere shields our solar system from harmful radiation. A new mission ...

Did you see the bright star next to the moon? That was Venus, and part of a conjunction between the moon, Venus and the star ...

That may be about to change: NASA is preparing a brand new mission that will travel 1 million miles away from Earth in order to map the boundaries of the heliosphere, offering clues to scientists ...

Tonight Night Sky Visible planets, stars will offer a range of celestial sights. From bright stars and constellations to planets and clusters, observers can witness multiple events with or without ...

This week, a rare planet parade featuring Venus, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune will light up the early morning sky. A ...

Dwarf planet 2023 KQ14, Ammonite, has a stable orbit that challenges the hypothesis of the mysterious Planet Nine.

The formation of Mercury remains an unsolved mystery. The planet closest to the sun has a disproportionately large metallic ...

Six planets are hanging out in the sky this month in what's known as a planetary parade.Catch the spectacle while you can because it's the last one of the year. These linkups happen when several ...

Our Solar System is home to many unique planetary bodies, including protoplanets and dwarf planets. Here are the unique traits that differentiate the two.

The James Webb Space Telescope provides an unprecedented view of the places where planets are born: protoplanetary disks, true cosmic cradles. Located about 525 light-years away, in the ...

Normally when a medium-size star dies, it blasts away the bulk of material in its system. The Hubble discovery was surprising ...