Planetary alignments have always been a fascinating subject, both for scientists and astrology enthusiasts alike. The idea ...

Everyone's favorite dwarf planet, Pluto, was discovered just 95 years ago. Here's the story of how the once-ninth planet was ...

What drives us to send probes throughout the solar system and rovers and landers to Mars? It's not cheap, and it's not easy.

Prior to 2040, the last planetary quintuplet occurred in the year 1186, and according to Uptain, records show that the close ...

Earth crosses through Saturn’s “ring plane,” making the gas giant’s most iconic feature become nearly invisible ...

The Keeble Observatory at Randolph-Macon College holds weekly public viewing during spring semester. Check their website ( or ...

Dr. Daniel Britt has a lengthy resume of impressive credentials, and even has an asteroid named him: 4395 DanBritt. He is the ...

Young, close-orbiting exoplanets known as sub-Neptunes may form farther from their stars and migrate inward or lose their ...

Even though Venus moves between the Earth and sun every 19.5 months, it becomes visible after sunset and before sunrise only ...

Saturn now leads the solar system with 274 known moons. Scientists say many moons formed from past collisions.

Out past Neptune are countless small icy and rocky bodies called Trans-Neptunian Objects (TNOs), and many of these have moons ...