A new study, currently under review for publication, suggests that an ancient cosmic visitor might have significantly altered the orbits of our solar system's giant planets. Scientists propose that ...

Venus, Saturn, Jupiter and Mars will appear to line up and be bright enough to see with the naked eye in the first few hours ...

Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn are visible to the naked eye this month and for part of February. Uranus and Neptune can be ...

A GALAXY of heavenly wrought poems has been brought together to celebrate Burns night this Saturday which coincides with a rare ...

NIGHTFALL had brought welcome relief from the blistering daytime heat of the Azores as we sipped refreshing cocktails and waited for the show to start. We’d come up to the open top deck of our ...

Astronomer Dean Regas gives us the lowdown on the best things to look out for this winter, from a “planet parade” to the ...

Learn what this survey recorded of exocomet belts, which imaged and identified bands of every size.

The night sky is putting on a celestial show with a dazzling "planetary parade" featuring six major planets and a bonus comet.

One of the many advantages of being in space is having a front-row seat to the most anticipated cosmic events. NASA astronaut ...