In January, stargazers will be able to see four bright planets, the close dance of Venus and Saturn, Mars at opposition, and ...

Lastly, advancements in analytical solutions for short-period perturbations due to planetary oblateness have been made, offering new methods for understanding orbital dynamics. This research ...

Compared with Mercury, the paths of the four outer giant planets, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune minorly deviate from the ideal orbital shape. A planetary scientist at the University of ...

Starting at 12:30 p.m. ET (1730 GMT) on Saturday (Jan. 25), astrophysicist Gianluca Masi of the Virtual Telescope Project ...

Throughout much of January and February, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune will be visible splayed out in a long arc across the heavens, with Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn being ...

NASA's Voyager 2 spacecraft flew by Uranus. This was the first time any spacecraft had ever visited Uranus. Its twin ...

The James Webb Space Telescope has revolutionized astronomy in just three years. A new project celebrates its impact on the ...

Compared with Mercury, the paths of the four outer giant planets - Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune, slightly deviate from the ideal orbital shape. Renu Malhotra, a planetary scientist at the ...

ON January 25, 2025, a rare planetary alignment will be visible in the night sky. Six planets—Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune—will appear to align together, forming a line ...

New research has revealed that Hot Jupiters do not always push away or destroy nearby planets during their migration. This ...