A Planet Parade describes the rare celestial event when multiple planets align in the same region of the sky as seen from ...

Stargazers are excited as a rare planet parade is expected to happen this weekend bringing some of the main characters of our ...

When scaled accurately, the distances in our solar system are so vast that planets appear incredibly far apart. Voyager 1, ...

The solar system has many more moons than the one we can see in the sky. But how many do we actually know about? And how many ...

Discover how spectroscopic measurements revolutionized the study of astronomical temperatures, from identifying elements to ...

A two-hour drive from Yakima to The Dalles, Oregon offers Greek pastries, stargazing, exotic animals, historic landmarks and ...

Researchers show that planetary alignments make Earth’s strongest space signals easiest for alien civilizations to detect.

The search for extraterrestrial intelligence (SETI) has yet to detect alien technosignatures like radio waves, but the cosmos is vast, and there are plenty of places left to look. New research ...

The earliest versions of the male and female symbols weren’t about people at all, but instead about the planets. Ancient Babylonians linked celestial bodies with gods: Mars with the war god Nergal, ...

A new study reveals how Earth's strongest radio signals, meant for our own spacecraft, "leak" into the cosmos in predictable ...

Aliens may have been closer to Earth than first thought. New research from NASA reveals that Ceres, the dwarf planet in the ...

Mars, for all its flaws — and there are many, including radiation, dust storms, and unbreathable air — is the only planet in ...