Although Mercury was geologically active in its early days, today its surface appears almost completely static. This is why ...

Akmad Ampatuan, mayor of a landlocked town in the Philippines, narrowly escaped after assailants attacked his armoured ...

Mercury has always been a bit of an oddball planet. With about half the mass of Mars but roughly the size of the Moon, and a ...

"A strong magnetic field is very important for life on a planet." ...

The two demo satellites that Google and Planet are developing for Project Suncatcher are versions of Planet’s new Owl line of imaging satellites. Credit: Planet WASHINGTON — Planet, a company best ...

Astronomers have detected a rogue planet with a mass equivalent to that of Saturn, and by taking observations from both the ground and space, they have also been able to measure its size and distance ...

Lake Juliette surrounds the Georgia Power coal power plant Plant Scherer on Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2025, in Juliette, Georgia. Scientists point to coal-fired power plants like Plant Scherer as a source ...

Jupiter, the largest planet in the solar system, currently shines as a brilliant silvery "star" in Gemini the Twins, low in the east-northeast sky as dusk slowly fades. It forms an eye-catching ...

V1674 Herculis was a record-breaker. It erupted in the constellation Hercules on June 12, 2021, and skyrocketed to peak ...

The upcoming year will offer a blood-red moon, spectacular meteor showers and the first glimpse of the sun’s corona since April 2024 Look up throughout the year to catch a wide array of astronomical ...

January presents optimal viewing conditions for Jupiter, which reaches opposition on the 10th in Gemini at magnitude -2.7, offering its largest apparent diameter (47") and opportunities to observe ...

What will we see in the southern sky in 2026? A total eclipse of the Moon (at a convenient time), a blue Moon and a supermoon, the two brightest planets close together, and Jupiter disappearing behind ...