The planet Neptune has a large dark spot "with an unexpected smaller bright spot adjacent to it," inveru observations using ESO's Very Large Telescope. Credit: ESO ...

A spacecraft named BepiColombo is currently zipping by planet Mercury, making a very close flyby and snapping incredible high ...

Billed as "a snackable mash-up of the Muppets and Planet Earth," the made-in-Yukon educational series "Northern Tails" has ...

Enigmatic planet Mercury posed for some closeups when the BepiColombo mission flew by. Craters, bright regions and volcanic ...

The newcomer replacing Pluto presently goes by “Planet Nine.” If and when it finally shows up, it will get the honor of a ...

A proposed industrial complex by AES Andes near the Paranal Observatory in Chile's Atacama Desert could devastate the area's world-renowned dark skies. Celebrated for its vital role in major ...

Worlds will align for a "planetary parade" in January, with four bright and easily visible to the naked eye. But an even ...

Sitting in the middle of the Iranian plateau, the Dasht-e Kavir, or Great Salt Desert, is the planet’s 24th largest desert.

In January 2025, skywatchers can enjoy a rare historic planet parade as four planets—Venus, Saturn, Jupiter, and Mars—align ...

The Red Planet comes closest to Earth, disappears behind the Moon in an occultation, and finally reaches opposition in the ...

Worlds will align for a "planetary parade" in January, with four bright and easily visible to the naked eye. But an even ...

Prepare to howl with delight at the first full moon of January 2025, the wolf moon, one of several wonders in the night sky this month.