"We have been waiting for 10 years to confirm that our finely tuned operations of the telescope would also allow us to access ...

Astronomers have captured direct images of exoplanets in a star system 130 light years away, providing clues on gas giant ...

By combining ultrasound with a concept called nonlinear acoustics, you can create sound that stays silent until it reaches a ...

Stargazers will be treated to a rare alignment of seven planets on 28 February when Mercury joins six other planets that are already visible in the night sky. Here's why it matters to scientists.

The best opportunity to potentially see all seven planets is coming up on Feb. 28 around 6:10 p.m. ET, according to Shanahan. Mercury, which is the closest planet to the sun, would be the first to be ...

The relative quantities of volatile gases like methane and ethane can reveal key details about distant Kuiper Belt objects.

but it could be tricky to see it The planets in our solar system orbit the sun essentially along the same line across the sky in a plane called the ecliptic. For that reason, planets in our ...