The cold and remote planets originally earned their label of "ice giants" to contrast their interiors from those of Jupiter ...

Galileo Galilei, the renowned Italian astronomer and physicist, made groundbreaking contributions to science in the 16th and 17th centuries. His use of the telescope led to significant astronomical ...

In a discovery that's fit for a movie, Northwestern University astronomers have directly imaged a Tatooine-like exoplanet, orbiting two suns. While obtaining an image of a planet beyond our solar ...

If you feel a thrill every time we discover something new about the cosmos, then November 25th may have been a noteworthy day ...

What the Soviets Found on Venus reveals a hellish surface, reanalyzed Venera data, and why those probes still guide today’s ...

With major eclipses, brilliant supermoons, and lineups of five or more planets, 2026 offers something awe-inspiring in every season. Here’s what to watch for.

Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have captured dramatic helium streams pouring off the super-puff exoplanet ...

"We reported hints of methane, but the question is, 'is the methane attributable to molecules in the atmosphere of the planet ...

Discover the brightest planets in the December 2025 night sky, including Jupiter and Mercury, and know the best times to see ...

Venus spins slowly, yet its upper atmosphere races around the planet at roughly 220 miles per hour, a supercharged jet stream that has puzzled scientists for decades. Now a new line of research argues ...

Venus, Jupiter and Saturn are easy to see in the night sky, but few skywatchers have ticked Mercury off their planetary bucket list. That may change on Tuesday, Nov. 25, when early risers (or late ...

**Planetary Observational Events:** Uranus reaches opposition on November 21st, positioned within Taurus and offering an optimal viewing period for its 4" disk near the Pleiades. A close conjunction ...