Venus, Jupiter and Mercury headline a spectacular month of planetary viewing.

When people imagine humanity’s future beyond Earth, Mars is usually the first destination that comes to mind. It is close, ...

Mercury reaches greatest elongation in the evening sky this month. Venus and Jupiter have a spectacular conjunction, and ...

The sky is not letting you coast today, Taurus. With Mars still planted firmly in your sign and your ruling planet Venus sitting in Cancer facing down a direct Moon opposition, June 3 hands you a day ...

Models suggest that impact-ejected material from Earth could reach Venus’ clouds and potentially survive there briefly.

Mars holds a special place in the solar system. It represents marginal habitability. This means it transitioned from warm and ...

The planets are the 'stars' of the night sky throughout the month.

If you’ve looked out into the western sky about an hour after sunset, you’ve seen two bright stars. These are not stars, but ...

Even as NASA continues to try to restore contact with the MAVEN spacecraft after it fell silent in late 2025, scientists ...

Bizarre Venus surface formations (or coronae) are likely key to understanding our twin planet's heretofore inscrutable ...

Mars does not have Earth’s kind of magnetic shield, so it has often been treated as the solar system’s more exposed world. It ...

Venus and Jupiter remain visible in the evening sky soon after sunset early in July, although Jupiter fairly quickly drops ...