If you look up on a clear night, the brightest and largest object in the sky will probably be the moon. And unless you have a decent telescope, it is the only natural satellite you can see with ...

The solar system has many more moons than the one we can see in the sky. But how many do we actually know about? And how many more are waiting to be discovered? Faint signatures detected by the ...

In this artist's conception, NASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft has a bird's-eye view of the solar system. The circles represent the orbits of the major outer planets: Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune.

Unlike a total solar eclipse, part of the sun is still visible during a partial solar eclipse, so there is no darkening of ...

Uranus’ clouds are made up of hydrogen sulphide, meaning they have a very similar smell to rotten eggs. Gross. If we ever manage to travel to the gas planets, you might be in for a bit of a ...

Stargazing enthusiasts have been treated to a rare “planetary parade”, with seven planets coming together for the celestial ...

The James Webb Space Telescope has captured its first direct images of carbon dioxide in a planet outside the solar system in HR 8799, a multiplanet system 130 light-years away that has long been ...

Solar eclipses thrill skywatchers every year. You just have to be in the right place at the right time. A solar eclipse occurs when the moon is positioned between Earth and the sun and casts a ...

The James Webb Space Telescope has captured its first direct images of carbon dioxide in a planet outside the solar system in HR 8799, a multiplanet system 130 light-years away that has long been ...

The images suggest key giant exoplanets likely formed like Jupiter and Saturn. In a groundbreaking discovery, the James Webb Space Telescope has captured the first direct images of carbon dioxide ...