Tokyo-based startup ArkEdge Space claims it has snapped what is “probably” the highest quality images of Earth taken by a ...

Mars, Venus, Jupiter and Saturn should be visible to the naked eye, but with a telescope you can spot Neptune and Uranus.

That said, finding a dark-sky area on a clear night towards the end of February will give you the best chance of spotting ...

Tomorrow night, Mars will have "broken up" the cosy duo. You should be able to see a bright, orange-glowing star to the lower ...

Towards the end of the month, Mercury appears in the evening sky, and climbs up past Saturn. In the dusk glow, you may be ...

Five of the brightest planets will be visible to the naked eye. With help, you may even spot Uranus and Neptune.

Scientists have discovered that deep trenches on Uranus’ moon Ariel might be pathways for material from its interior to reach ...

After a blue dwarf galaxy shot through it like an arrow, the large Bullseye now has nine rings—six more than any other galaxy ...

Last year, a study led by planetary scientist Richard Cartwright at the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) in ...

NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, Gemini North telescope and NASA Infrared Telescope Facility observations of Neptune and ...

February brings a rare planetary parade, with five bright planets in clear view and a special alignment of Mercury and Saturn ...

The number of planets that orbit the sun depends on what you mean by “planet,” and that’s not so easy to define ...