Venus, shrouded in mystery, stands out with its toxic atmosphere and retrograde rotation, spinning in the opposite direction to most planets. A Venusi ...

Take a look at 10 surprising facts that reveal the incredible nature of our cosmic neighbourhood, incorporating key elements ...

Venus, often called Earth's "sister planet," has long been a mystery, shrouded in dense clouds and extreme temperatures. The Akatsuki probe, launched by Japan’s space agency JAXA, has been on a ...

In an unexpected discovery, two weather satellites designed to monitor Earth’s atmosphere have ended up capturing valuable ...

The marvelous Eise Eisinga Planetarium, the world’s oldest continuously operating planetarium in the world, dating from 1781, ...

Volcanic planets with static crusts, called Ignan Earths, can maintain liquid oceans and temperate climates favorable to life.

On July 4, Venus will make its debut in the savvy and coquettish sign of Gemini. During this time, themes of love and romance take on a more flirtatious and light-hearted tone, offering the ...

On average, from the point of view of the sun, the Earth completes one full rotation around its axis every 24 hours or 86,400 seconds, give or take a few milliseconds. A millisecond (ms) is 0.001 of a ...

The Exploration Company lost contact with its Mission Possible vehicle a few minutes before touchdown in the ocean.

If the orbit were to get too elongated, Mercury could fall into the sun or get close enough to Venus to get flung out of the solar system.

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

Assuming, however, that an asteroid’s orbit is well constrained and predictable, how do we know what the odds are of an Earth impact?