The new moon occurs on June 25. A day later, Mercury reaches its highest point in the evening sky, and on June 27, the young ...

The brilliant flash, which was accompanied by a sonic boom that many mistook for an earthquake, resulted in hundreds of calls ...

Southwest Research Institute has collaborated with Yale University to summarize the scientific community's notable progress ...

Mercury will be visible west of the sunset until July 6. Venus, Mars, Saturn and Neptune will be visible throughout June. Six planets in the solar system will be visible in the earth sky this June.

Researchers now appreciate that gas planets are more complex than first thought. New findings have implications for our ...

Most meteorites that have reached Earth come from the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. But we have 1,000 or so ...

The planet Jupiter has no solid ground – no surface, like the grass or dirt you tread here on Earth. There’s nothing to walk on, and no place to land a spaceship. But how can that be? If Jupiter doesn ...

New research suggests that Mercury's crust is shifting and twisting in unexpected ways thanks to the force of the Sun.

This month will usher in two separate conjunctions — one between the moon and a rarely-visible Mercury, and another between the moon and Mars.

Faculty and alumni from across six decades reflected on Brown University’s impact as an international hub for solar system ...

Radar and gravity records from NASA’s Magellan orbiter show that Venus' surface is still shifting and is not geologically ...

One summer night in 1877, American astronomer Asaph Hall was looking through his telescope in Washington, D.C. Mars was at ...