In a celestial event known as a great alignment the five planets will be discernible with the naked eye, but to see Neptune ...

Missed January's planetary parade? February 2025 offers another celestial spectacle. Discover when, where & how to catch ...

Though it's a cold, dead planet, Mars still has its own natural beauty about it. This image shows us something we'll never see on Earth. Mars has only a thin, tenuous atmosphere, and most of it (95%) ...

Venus, Jupiter, and Mars dominate the sky. Catch your last views of Saturn as early in the month, the Moon passes in front of ...

Mars orbits farther from the Sun than Earth, and the Sun itself was fainter billions of years ago. This makes it difficult to explain how the planet ever reached temperatures high enough for liquid ...

The formation of our solar system from a singular nebula raises an intriguing question: why did each planet develop with a ...

One of these chunks of Mars eventually crashed into the Earth and is one of the few meteorites ... Oct. 11, 2024 — A collection-based survey of lichen species at the Mars Desert Research Station ...

February brings a rare planetary parade, with five bright planets in clear view and a special alignment of Mercury and Saturn ...

A planetary alignment, or a "planet parade" according to the internet, will grace our night sky just after dusk, according to ...

NASA is taking its first steps toward future crewed missions to Mars in the 2030s and 2040s. But you don't need to leave Earth to experience landscapes that feel out of this world. From volcanic ...

Though the planets are always “aligned,” seeing more than four in the sky is more uncommon. February’s lineup is a chance to ...

Starting up again Saturday, a sweeping view of our solar system will glow in the night sky. The planetary alignment, or a ...