When the solar system formed, a disk of gas and dust orbited the young sun. Over the course of millions of years, the dust ...

The Psyche mission, on its way to study an asteroid of the same name, approached within 2,864 miles of the red planet on May ...

This weekend, skywatchers are in for a stunning celestial display as Venus, Jupiter, and Mercury create a rare alignment in ...

The prediction market has reportedly appointed a representative in Japan as it aims to secure authorization to operate there ...

The smallest planet appears after sunset as the waxing Moon reaches First Quarter and star clusters shine in the sky this ...

Planetary alignments continue to capture public fascination because they make astronomy feel approachable and easy to ...

North America’s celestial highlights for the weekend ahead, which also apply to mid-northern latitudes in the northern ...

The McNair-Davis Planetarium installed their scale replica planets display as renovations to the Jackson facility continue.

A study suggests that the ice giant's largest moon, Triton, made a dramatic entrance to the Neptunian system long ago, ...

Neptune’s third-largest moon, Nereid, could be an intact survivor from the planet’s original satellite system, upending ...

Not quite halfway through a six-year sojourn through the Solar System, a NASA spacecraft used a close encounter with Mars ...