The number of planets that orbit the sun depends on what you mean by “planet,” and that’s not so easy to define ...
NASA first thought that Eris was bigger than Pluto, and they originally described Eris as the 10th planet in the solar system. But the International Astronomical Union, or IAU, wasn't too thrilled ...
As UK skies were graced with a rare celestial event this month, stargazers have been gripped by the ‘planetary parade’ which ...
A rare 'planetary parade' will be visible to the naked eye in the UK this week, as Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn sit in a ...
Solar For All, its funding paused by a Trump executive order, would be just one of the programs to lose support if the agency ...
THE best time to view the rare ‘planet parade’ will be tonight, according to experts. Mars, Jupiter, Uranus, Neptune, Saturn ...
Although planets are technically always ‘aligned’ because they orbit the solar system on the same plane (the ecliptic), it’s ...
Scientists have finally had a close look at the rubble collected by a NASA spacecraft from an asteroid. In it, they've found ...
I pick out North America’s celestial highlights for the week ahead (which also apply to mid-northern latitudes in the ...