A team of astronomers has uncovered an Earth-like planet orbiting a star located 4,000 light years away from the solar system ...

In 1781, German-born British astronomer William Herschel made Uranus the first planet discovered with the aid of a telescope.

But that’s for a different reason: a fainter star periodically orbits in front of Algol itself ... Grab a telescope to view ...

Planets, moons, and the quest for life beyond earth As we explore the vast expanse of space, we embark on a journey that ...

Christiaan van der Klaauw Astronomical Watches releases a limited-edition planetarium timepiece for Sincere Fine Watches's ...

As the Earth orbits the sun, it pulls itself through comet tails, resulting in meteor showers, and occasionally picks up the occasional extra moon along the way ... rings like you can usually see with ...

The penultimate planet, our best measurements suggest, has a whole slew of idiosyncrasies. And one of the most puzzling is ...

Much of the knowledge about Uranus was gleaned when NASA’s robotic spacecraft Voyager 2 conducted a five-day flyby in 1986.

The ring system orbits much further out than is typical ... 2022 — Scientists propose a lost moon of Saturn, which they call Chrysalis, pulled on the planet until it ripped apart, forming ...

Uranus, blue-green in color due to the methane contained in an atmosphere comprised mostly of hydrogen and helium ...

These leftovers are the objects that were lucky enough to be in orbits that didn’t cross too near a planet ... be in the southwestern sky after sunset for the next few months. Saturn is visible in the ...

With expanding infrastructure and projects like the Mars rover, China’s program rivals NASA’s, heralding a new era of ...