To get somewhere in outer space, you can’t exactly drive in a straight line. Orbits are tricky things, and sending a probe to ...

For decades, Pluto was celebrated as the ninth planet of our solar system. However, in 2006, the International Astronomical ...

Our solar system’s planets are set to align in a six-strong planetary parade this week that will be visible in the UK night sky. The celestial event is set to be an extension of the already impressive ...

In August 2006, the International Astronomical Union made the controversial, but correct, decision to demote Pluto from its ...

Texas has become one of the nation’s frontrunners in developing renewable energy. In recent years, the state’s reign came ...

HD 20794 d, with a mass six times that of Earth, orbits a star similar to our sun. The planet’s location within the habitable ...

The above 40-second video is sped-up footage of the new-found jets flashing briefly near the Sun’s south pole. In reality, the jets flash for around one minute, flinging charged particles at an ...

This year, he expects to process enough wood to heat about a dozen homes through the long, wet winter here. The solar panels ...

PUNCH's main goal is to study how the Sun's corona transforms into solar wind, a stream of charged particles that flows ...

A NASA satellite that suddenly reappeared after going silent gets credit for the remarkable discovery—a pair of temporary ...

Mars, Venus, Jupiter and Saturn should be visible to the naked eye, but with a telescope you can spot Neptune and Uranus.

A planetary alignment happens when several planets appear in a line from Earth’s point of view. Mercury will join Venus, Mars ...