In February 2025, conditions were just right to catch a "planetary party" above the European Southern Observatory's (ESO) ...

With a sun more than 4.5 billion years old, our solar system is considered "middle-aged," and the pictures of what it might ...

The ringed gas giant Saturn has officially replaced Jupiter as the planet in our solar system ... They also combined multiple images together to strengthen an astronomical object’s signal ...

Credit: Josh Dury A stunning photo has captured all seven of our neighboring planets in Earth's sky at the same time, ...

In late January this year, NASA’s Psyche spacecraft turned its cameras to the sky and captured some incredible images. The ...

Earlier this week, Saturn gained a whopping 128 new official moons, as the International Astronomical Union recognised ...

Astro photographer Josh Dury, 27, of Somerset, England, managed the rare feat of capturing all of the planets in one photo during a ... parade” — where Mars, Jupiter, Mercury, Venus, Saturn ...

Another finding was how dramatically the planets varied in brightness over just three years. The team discovered that PDS 70 ...

Lucy is preparing for a close encounter with the asteroid Donaldjohanson, a key milestone before its groundbreaking journey ...

According to NASA, multi-planet lineups are visible "every few years," but a seven-planet alignment is particularly uncommon, as each planet's orbit varies, with some moving more quickly and Mercury, ...

This phenomenon, known as a 'planetary parade' is a rare sight, and it will be the last time seven planets can be seen ...

For most, three of the brightest planets — Venus, Jupiter and Mars — will be easily visible to the naked eye. Those with a clear unobstructed view of the horizon may also be able to spot ...