Comets take the name of the discoverer, whether that be a human or an automated telescopic survey that robotically inspects ...

For observers in India, Neptune will be visible throughout most of the night on September 20-21, rising in the east just as the sun sets in the west.

Opposition is generally the best time to view planets, as they are highest around local midnight ... magnitude 0.6 Saturn for ...

The dates of the series were chosen for the probability of optimum viewing. “I coordinated these dates knowing full well that ...

Mission concepts to the outer solar system are relatively common, as planetary scientists are increasingly frustrated by our lack of knowledge of the farthest planets. Neptune, the farthest known ...

New simulations suggest that there are enough primordial black holes—potential dark matter candidates—in the universe for one ...

New proposed space missions, led by the University of Leicester, will study stellar impacts on planets and Earth’s ...

In an eccentric twist, the hot Jupiter spotted in 2005 was found to be in an orbit just over six days long. The recently ...

When a planet is in opposition, it means that the Earth is directly between the sun and the planet, meaning the planet will ...

Visible deals, like those offered by most carriers, tend to generally favor new customers. Existing customers aren't completely left out in the cold, however, as you'll find some great referral ...

Shifting our gaze from Saturn to the King of planets, Jupiter, we encounter a different spectacle ... these moons continue to ...