Mercury passes 2° north of Jupiter at 4 P.M. EDT. You can catch them together in the evening twilight, sinking in the west ...

Earth, dubbed Kepler-725c, has been discovered orbiting within the habitable zone of its host star, offering new ...

Kepler-725c is roughly 2,472 light years from Earth, circling a G9V star in about 207.5 days. Its path brings it into a ...

The newly discovered planet orbits a Sun-like star and might support liquid water, but don’t pack your bags just yet.

NASA is monitoring three asteroids soaring past the Earth at about 8,000 to 15,000 miles per hour, the biggest of which ...

New research on the orbits of these mysterious asteroids near Venus stress the need for better space rock surveillance.

Astronomers have been left puzzled by the discovery of an unusually large planet orbiting a remarkably small star, a cosmic ...

Enjoy a close conjunction of the solar system’s smallest and largest planet just days before the Full Strawberry Moon this ...

Simulations show that the stars’ tug could send Mercury, Venus or Mars crashing into Earth — or let Jupiter eject our world from the solar system.

Wausau Pilot & Review Skywatchers across central Wisconsin can look forward to a spectacular week of celestial activity, ...

The Webb telescope detects a clear, hydrogen-rich atmosphere, as well as water vapor, on the hot sub-Neptune planet TOI-421 B ...

Jupiter, the largest planet in the solar system ... "Similar to how our moon gradually moves away from Earth due to tides, Io is slowly drifting outward from Jupiter," Batygin said.