ESA's Solar Orbiter captured views of the planet Mercury passing in front of the Sun. Multiple instruments aboard the ...

Celestial spectacle will be at its most impressive on 28 February, when Mercury, Venus, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune will align across the sky ...

Mercury, Venus, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune will soon align in the night sky ...

For decades, Mercury was thought to be a simple, burned-out planet close to the Sun. NASA’s MESSENGER mission completely overturned that view, revealing unexpected chemistry, strange surface features, ...

A rare alignment of six planets should be visible later this month in the western night sky. Here's what you need to know for ...

Skywatchers are in for a treat this month as six planets line up in what astronomers often call a “planetary parade ...

NASA's Viking missions to Mars may have discovered evidence for life on the Red Planet after all, according to scientists who ...

In a new study, researchers say that nonbiological sources they considered could not fully account for the abundance of ...

CAPE CANAVERAL SPACE FORCE STATION — NASA and Blue Origin are planning to launch the ESCAPADE mission, where a pair of satellites will study Mars' magnetosphere. ESCAPADE will eventually help future ...

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