Like a celestial parade across the cosmos, five bright planets are lighting up the night sky and visible with the naked eye all February long — with two other planets also detectable for skywatchers ...

Data collected by NASA's InSight lander suggest that ancient internal processes are responsible for the "Martian dichotomy" ...

Mars, Venus, Jupiter and Saturn should be visible to the naked eye, but with a telescope you can spot Neptune and Uranus.

"Temperamental" stars that brighten and dim over a matter of hours or days may be distorting our view of thousands of distant ...

Tomorrow night, Mars will have "broken up" the cosy duo. You should be able to see a bright, orange-glowing star to the lower ...

Towards the end of the month, Mercury appears in the evening sky, and climbs up past Saturn. In the dusk glow, you may be ...

If planets had social media accounts, the solar system would showcase a frenzy of unique personalities. Mercury tweets at ...

NASA officials said what Juno spotted was 'the most powerful volcanic event ever recorded on the most volcanic world in our ...

Jupiter and Mars will appear to make ultraclose approaches to the moon on two nights this week. Here's how to get the best ...

Let's talk about the best worst sci-fi movie of all time. Here's why 2015's 'Jupiter Ascending' shouldn't be viewed in a 21st ...

THE search for alien life across our Solar System and beyond has so far kicked up nothing intelligent – let alone microbial.