The year was, once again, the warmest on record globally, according to the World Meteorological Organization, with multiple ...

Moo Deng, a baby pygmy hippo, became an overnight sensation online. Videos of her were watched by millions. But ...

Mercury's therapy session became chaotic due to Mercury in retrograde, causing miscommunications and electronic disruptions. Despite efforts to apolog ...

Like a celestial parade across the cosmos, five bright planets are lighting up the night sky and visible with the naked eye all February long — with two other planets also detectable for skywatchers ...

But of these planets, which is nearest to the sun? Mercury is a strange little world. There are some craters on its surface that never see sunlight. It also has the most extreme temperatures of ...

ESA's Solar Orbiter captured views of the planet Mercury passing in front of the Sun. Multiple instruments aboard the spacecraft captured the imagery. Credit: Space.com | footage & orbit animation cou ...

Get closer to our solar companions with the best telescopes for seeing planets, just in time for ... Jupiter, Mars, Mercury, and Saturn line up in the night sky. Mercury and Saturn will appear ...

These two next weeks offer all but one of the planets in lovely view at nightfall. Fred Schaaf goes step by step through the ...

There's no shortage of breathtaking sights in the night sky, from the full moon on February 12, or 'Snow Moon', through to the planetary parade on February 24, with Mercury and Saturn joining this ...

Using the Keck Planet Imager and Characterizer (KPIC), astronomers have performed high-resolution spectroscopic observations ...

The six planets are visible now, and will remain so until late February. Mars, Venus, Jupiter and Saturn should be visible to the naked eye. You'll need a high-powered viewing device like a ...