This coming July, Venus could plow through the dust generated by an asteroid breakup thousands of years ago, potentially ...

Four of the planets, which are Mercury, Venus, Jupiter and Saturn, are bright enough to be spotted with the naked eye in ...

An international team of astronomers led from regional Queensland finds an exoplanet 150 light-years away with a 50 per cent ...

The International Space Station, where astronauts have lived and worked for 25 years, is regularly visible to Earth. Here's ...

The atmospheric carbon dioxide was thought to be the result of the oxidation of oxygen molecules in the exosphere. As a ...

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A range of gorgeous skywatching targets are visible to the naked eye in city skies.

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Planetary rings explained: composition, formation theories, and a comparison of Saturn, Jupiter, Uranus, and Neptune’s rings.

In the vast calm of the solar system, planetary orbits often appear orderly, stable, and insulated from the broader mechanics of the galaxy. Earth circles the Sun with regularity. The outer planets ...