In the skies of Earth in February, six of the seven other planets—all except Mars—can be seen in the early evening, but not all at once.

Recently, scientists discovered the fastest-spinning large asteroid in the solar system.It’s about the length of eight football fields — but it fully rotates every two minutes, or even a little faster ...

With the wet dress rehearsal, essentially a critical fueling test of the Artemis 2 Space Launch System moon rocket, now back ...

A young star called V1298 Tau is giving astronomers a front-row seat to the birth of the galaxy’s most common planets. Four massive but extremely low-density worlds orbiting the star appear to be ...

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In its 2026 astronomical events roundup, NASA specifically calls out February 28 as a night when six planets appear in the ...

Six planets are about to stack up in the evening sky in a rare alignment that will briefly turn the western horizon into a live solar system diagram. For a short window after sunset, Mercury, Venus, ...

Coming from one of the world's largest astrophysical research institutes, I can tell you, the anticipation across the global space science community is electric.

While visions of Mars colonies, floating cities above Venus, and humans exploring distant moons inspire wonder, the reality ...

Dennis Herrmann developed a life-long interest in astronomy at an early age and got his first telescope at the age of 12.

The evening appearance of Arcturus in the east is a traditional herald of spring. Arcturus clearly shows an orange colour, and even more obvious when viewed through binoculars or a small telescope.