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

Known as planetary alignment, this rare event lets sky-gazers see six planets, including Neptune and Uranus, with a telescope ...

Like a celestial parade across the cosmos, five bright planets are lighting up the night sky and visible with the naked eye ...

Here's when to watch next full moon and February's planetary parade across the night skies, starting with shiny bright Venus before Valentine's Day.

NASA and European scientists explain how they calculate the probability of the space rock 2024 YR4 impacting our planet, and why it’s not yet time to worry.

Mars, Venus, Jupiter and Saturn should be visible to the naked eye, but with a telescope you can spot Neptune and Uranus.

Spotting one or two of the planets in our solar system is well worth a good skywatch, but seeing (almost) all of them in a ...

Towards the end of the month, Mercury appears in the evening sky, and climbs up past Saturn. In the dusk glow, you may be ...

Mars, Jupiter, Uranus, Venus, Neptune, Mercury and Saturn will appear in a row on the evening of 28 February, marking the ...

The great planetary parade in February 2025 will see five bright planets in clear view and a special alignment of Mercury and ...

If the thought of any planet going retrograde causes you to steel yourself for a surge of frustration, crossed wires and ...