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

Our solar system’s planets are set to align in a six-strong planetary parade this week that will be visible in the UK night sky. The celestial event is set to be an extension of the already impressive ...

The number of known exoplanets seems to grow every day. Most of them are worlds completely unlike our own. But some get ...

The University of the Philippines National Institute for Science and Mathematics (UP NISMED) has invited the public to ...

Auroras are one of Earth’s most mesmerizing natural phenomena, but did you know they also exist on other planets? From the North and South Pole to Jupiter and beyond, discover the fascinating science ...

In August 2006, the International Astronomical Union made the controversial, but correct, decision to demote Pluto from its ...

Wolf 359’s extreme radiation and frequent X-ray flares make life-sustaining atmospheres on nearby planets highly unlikely, ...

"Tonight, we're going to be able to see Saturn for the last time this season until it returns to the morning sky in May," ...

Explore the impact of stellar flares on the potential for alien life. Discover how higher levels of UV radiation can both ...

Roughly 4.6 billion years ago, the Sun was born from the gas and dust of a nebula that underwent gravitational collapse. The ...

But long before this resurgence, one of the earliest jazz-infused Hip-Hop albums, Reachin’ (A New Refutation of Time and Space), was released by Brooklyn-based trio Digable Planets on this day in 1993 ...

Look about an hour before sunrise on Feb. 1 and find Venus, bright but very low, in the southeast, with much dimmer Mercury to its lower left. Far to Venus’s upper right shines Saturn, and ...