Mars shines in the evening, and is joined briefly by Mercury. Jupiter joins Venus as the month goes on. And all month, look ...

A lab experiment that simulated Mars conditions showed that green algae can grow in plastic containers made from the same ...

Researchers from the Nanjing Institute of Geology and Paleontology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and Columbia University ...

Astrophysicist Josep Trigo-Rodriguez of the Institute of Space Sciences near Barcelona, Spain, believes it is an interstellar object based on its odd path and extreme speed cutting through the solar ...

Mercury reaches its greatest elongation, 26 degrees east of the sun on July 4. From latitude 40 degrees north, the ...

If you looked at the churning clouds near Jupiter’s pole, they appear like ocean currents on Earth — as if you’re looking at ...

Researchers from the Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and Columbia University, along with their ...

It often appears alongside, or gets eclipsed by, other solar system planets and Earth's moon, because it is situated near the ...

Close stellar encounters could change the structure of our planetary system, potentially dooming Earth or other worlds to oblivion ...

New research says that Earth could be ejected from our solar system if a passing star was to come close enough.

Researchers now appreciate that gas planets are more complex than first thought. New findings have implications for our ...

Passing stars could trigger instability across the solar system, resulting in Earth being hauled out of its orbit.