One of the many advantages of being in space is having a front-row seat to the most anticipated cosmic events.

How many planets are there? As with the discovery of Uranus, the answer depends on who you ask. Detail from Joseph Wright of ...

All month, four planets — Venus, Saturn, Jupiter and Mars — will appear to line up and be bright enough to see with the naked ...

Mars's atmosphere and climate are impacted by interactions with solar wind, a stream of plasma comprised of protons and ...

Mars isn’t the only planet to keep an eye out for this month. Sky-gazers can look forward to catching glimpses of four bright planets at the same time in the night sky. Venus and Saturn will ...

Dec. 9, 2024 — Dust storms on Mars could one day pose dangers to human astronauts, damaging equipment and burying solar panels ... astronomers has found that Venus has never been habitable ...

Mars may have a solid inner core within its liquid outer core, according to a new analysis of the planet’s seismic activity. This could help solve several enigmas about Martian geology – but ...

comparable to the levels found in the dense CO 2 atmosphere of Venus in our solar system. But there were still many uncertainties in the new data. "The detected CO 2 signal from the first study is ...

Mars is home to Olympus Mons, the largest volcano in the solar system, standing at approximately 21 kilometres (13 miles) high. This shield volcano is about 600 kilometres (373 miles) in diameter ...

For much of North America, this enchanting phenomenon will be visible as the moon temporarily hides Mars from view. Known as a lunar occultation, this event occurs only about once every 14 years ...

On Monday, Mars will look reddish and bright as the moon ... the disappearance and reappearance of the only planet in the solar system where we have rovers exploring the surface.