Six planets are part of the alignment, which will last until Feb. 18. Mercury will join the alignment later in the month.

"I'll always remember the first time I saw those iridescent clouds and was sure at first it was some color artifact." ...

See Jupiter's “frosted cupcake” clouds in this 3D rendering created using data from NASA's Juno mission. It's the first time images captured by the visible-light camera aboard the spacecraft, called ...

The space rock is heading in our direction at some 18,700 miles per hour, according to the space agency's data.

Many photos McCarthy has taken of the space station in the past show the ship as a silhouette in Earth's shadow. This time he ...

The IGNIS project, a collaboration with Australian universities, will use sensors to provide a “3D view inside a thundercloud ...

New images captured by NASA's Curiosity rover show colorful clouds in the sky over Mars. The images were captured by the rover's Mastcam, which NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory compared to the rover's ...

A pair of astrophysicists with Aix- Marseille Université, CNRS, and Institut Universitaire de France have developed a new ...

A tiny Japanese satellite has shown that it can take the highest quality photos of the Earth in history. The suitcase-sized satellite sent back photos with a resolution of 2.5 meters.

The chances of an asteroid striking Earth within the next decade has doubled in a matter of weeks, according to NASA ...

Take advantage of a special 6-7 planet alignment from Earth's perspective. Planets 'line up' in the skies over California in ...

Look up this week for February’s full snow moon and to catch the last glimpse of a visible parade of planets in the night sky ...