Several planets stand still in the sky, Titan’s shadow transits Saturn, and Venus gives Taurus a second eye in the sky this ...

July is a special month, as it is part of the summer, the Independence Day of the United States (4) is celebrated, and also the meeting of John Lennon and Paul McCartney, considere ...

Mount Everest may be the tallest mountain on Earth, but it's nothing compared to the towering giants scattered across our ...

How did Earth, alone among the Solar System's rocky planets, become the home for life? How, among all this frigid ...

Our Solar System is home to eight extraordinary planets, each with its own unique features, mysteries, and beauty. This cosmic journey takes you from the Sun-scorched surface of Mercury to the icy ...

The ancient Greek philosopher Anaxagoras (500-428 BC) was the first person to hypothesize that the seeds of life are present ...

How did Earth, alone among the solar system's rocky planets, become the home for life? How, among all this frigid ...

We measure the extremely long distances between things in space by light years. A light year is the distance that light travels in one Earth year. Light travels at about 300,000 kilometres per second.

The planets in order from the Sun are Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune. If you include the ...

In our analysis this week, we look at how NASA's proposed budget would slash the agency's science division by nearly 50%.

Solar systems mostly keep to themselves. What’s ours is ours and what’s not is not. Stars are simply too far from each ...

YR4 won’t hit Earth, but a 4% chance remains for a lunar impact. ESA's upcoming NEOMIR telescope could revolutionize early ...