Two European Space Agency Mars-orbiting missions, the Mars Express and ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter spacecraft, watched as a powerful solar "superstorm" that ravaged Earth also struck the Red Planet. The ...

Venus and Saturn are due up for a visually striking event known as a planetary conjunction. Here's everything to know about when and how to see it.

Venus and Saturn will appear within about one degree of each other this weekend, making this one of the closest naked-eye planetary pairings of 2026.

Using the NIRSpec data, planetary scientists measured the physical properties of the auroral footprints of Jupiter’s two innermost Galilean moons, Io and Europa, including the local temperature and ...

During a 22-hour observing session in September 2023, the team scanned around the edge of Jupiter as the northern lights ...

The ultraviolet auroras were imaged by NASA's Juno probe on a brief flyby. When you purchase through links on our site, we ...

Astronomers have reported observations of a rare star system consisting of one star orbiting a system of three more tightly ...

An international team of scientists, led by a Ph.D. researcher from Northumbria University, has made further discoveries about a spectacular feature of Jupiter's northern lights, revealing a ...

The interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS is leaving our solar system. See new photos from a European Space Agency orbiter on its way to Jupiter.

Stargazers are treated all month, with the wonderful cosmic sights of must-see night sky events in March 2026. Find the details of each event here.

Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS nears a Jupiter flyby in March 2026. Track the gravity nudge, outgassing wildcard, and what changes next—today!!

New spacecraft data from Pioneer, Voyager and Juno show that Jupiter is slightly smaller and more flattened than earlier estimates, refining the planet’s measured size and shape.