The innermost planets straddle nighttime, with Mercury in the evening and the greatest western elongation of Venus in the ...

For instance, Neptune migrated outward, switching places with Uranus, and pushed a lot of the small, icy bodies into the ...

It's difficult to overstate just how surprisingly early to the party this water may have been. “This suggests that water, the ...

Earth’s sister planet reaches greatest western elongation and dichotomy as the waxing Moon slides along the ecliptic in the ...

Earthquakes create ripple effects in Earth's upper atmosphere that can disrupt satellite communications and navigation ...

Our solar system’s origin story spans billions of years and involves clouds of gas, cosmic collisions, and planetary ...

But with all the iconic moments in Silver Screen history to pick from, some moments steal the futuristic spotlight. These are ...

Between May 20 and 24, the moon, Saturn and Venus will meet in a mini 'planetary parade,' becoming visible in the northern ...

If you’ve landed on this article chances are you have a top line idea of what Mercury in retrograde ... Mercury begins moving backwards causing all kinds of chaos. While, as you’ll learn here, all ...

All eight planets in the solar system orbit the Sun ... This means that the planets look somewhat in a straight line from our viewpoint at the earth. However, they are not actually in a straight ...

The alignment that was visible on Friday from some parts of the world happens when planets appear on same side of Earth, making them visible in sky at once. A rare celestial event was captured ...