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

While many nights offer the chance to view the Moon in all its majestic glory ... The red planet While we don’t have images of many of the planets in the solar system since they’re too ...

The gas giants outside our solar system are not capable of hosting extraterrestrial life, but do offer clues in a lingering ...

Seven planets will line up for a rare "planetary parade" today (Feb. 28) and you can watch it live online, beginning at 12:00 p.m. ET (1700 GMT).

Astronomers have confirmed the existence of four planets orbiting a star less than 6 light-years away with help from some of ...

All seven planets are going to line up in the night sky on Friday in a rare planetary parade that will not be repeated for another 15 years. The celestial display will see Mars, Jupiter, Uranus, Venus ...

The composite image shows seven of the solar system's planets from Earth, after sundown on Feb. 22. | Credit: Josh Dury A stunning photo has captured all seven of our neighboring planets in Earth ...

Clear skies will also be necessary to see all the planets. How do planetary alignments work? The planets in the solar system orbit the sun, just as Earth does. Every planet orbits at a different ...

We see them this way from Earth because they all orbit the sun in nearly the same flat “disk” of space called the ecliptic plane. This makes the planets appear to follow the same path across ...

Astronomers have announced that the James Webb Space Telescope has successfully captured its first direct images of carbon ... valuable insights into how planets form, both within our solar ...