"We have been waiting for 10 years to confirm that our finely tuned operations of the telescope would also allow us to access ...

Stargazers will be treated to a rare alignment of seven planets on 28 February when Mercury joins six other planets that are already visible in the night sky. Here's why it matters to scientists.

With a sun more than 4.5 billion years old, our solar system is considered "middle-aged," and the pictures of what it might ...

Beginning in late February, seven planets will align in the night sky. But Uranus and Neptune may require a telescope to see. Mars SKY AT Viewed from above the solar system, the seven planets will ...

But it was no easy feat. "A difficult capture with planets: Mercury, Saturn and Neptune being in close proximity to the sun," Dury told Space.com. To capture these three planets Dury captured a ...