Mercury reaches its greatest elongation, 26 degrees east of the sun on July 4. From latitude 40 degrees north, the ...

Artist's impression of Planet Nine – a suspected “wide-orbit” planet – with the Sun in the distance; Neptune's orbit is shown ...

"Its occurrence is like finding a tropical seed in Arctic ice – indicating either an unexpected local environment or ...

Mercury is the month's highlight, reaching greatest elongation July 4. Also on show in the Southern Hemisphere: Mars, Saturn, ...

The Owl Nebula is an example of a planetary nebula — a type of object that yields glimpses of stellar death in slow motion.

A team of researchers has outlined how a new "direct fusion drive" propulsion system could allow us to reach Sedna this ...

It is expected that the transit of Saturn will occur in the eighth house, which is located within the Solar System. Generally speaking ... That being said, except for Jupiter and Venus, most of the ...

Asteroids are usually grouped into three main types based on what they are made of: C-type, S-type and M-type.

Ganesha trumpets July launches a better brighter and blessed world Jupiter the prosperity and wisdom planet will be in the spiritual and paradoxically enough money sign Cancer from July 2013 to July 2 ...

The planet Jupiter has no solid ground – no surface, like the grass or dirt you tread here on Earth. There’s nothing to walk on, and no place to land a spaceship. But how can that be? If Jupiter doesn ...

Stars passing close to the sun could cause planets to collide, including with Earth, or even be ejected as rogue planets, new ...

Close stellar encounters could change the structure of our planetary system, potentially dooming Earth or other worlds to ...