Mercury is the closest planet to the sun, followed by Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune. Mercury orbits ...

February stargazing is fantastic for many reasons, but this year there’s a one-two-three punch of bright planets adding to ...

Just as Sun, Moon, Mercury, Venus and Mars move through the signs of the zodiac as they orbit, so do the outer planets.

Mercury joins the night sky to complete a 7-planet alignment just after sunset for the end of February. Saturn leaves our ...

Venus, Jupiter, Mars, Mercury, and Saturn—will be visible in the evening sky. By late February, viewers with an unobstructed ...

Marianne Faithfull, the singer and actress who has died at the age of 78, was once asked when she was happiest.

NASA's MARVL project is developing a modular nuclear electric propulsion system for faster Mars travel. Robotic in-space assembly and advanced cooling tech could cut trip times in half.

The new exoplanet, Enaiposha, also known as GJ 1214 b has never been seen before and is now officially being called a "Super-Venus." ...

I hope you got a chance to see the moon nuzzled up to Venus on Feb. 1, and perhaps even checked out the pair through binoculars. Now, with the moon gone ...