This week sees a whole host of planets adorn the evening sky with mighty Jupiter playing a celestial dance with a quarter phase Moon, the brightness of both of those challenged only by Venus.

New data from NASA's Juno orbiter reveals Jupiter is slightly smaller and more 'squashed' than scientists previously thought.

NASA has recorded the most powerful volcanic eruption outside of Earth on Io, one of Jupiter’s moons. On December 27, 2022, ...

Mercury, Venus, Jupiter, and Saturn—will be visible to the naked eye. Uranus and Neptune, being much farther away, will ...

Six Planet Parade: For those hoping for a dramatic celestial alignment, the six planet parade offers a subtle rather than ...

NASA scientists spotted a weird green flash on Jupiter — a bright, unexpected burst of green light that shouldn’t be there according to everything we know about the giant planet’s atmosphere. This ...

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A Northumbria University PhD student has led an international team of astronomers in creating the first-ever three-dimensional map of Uranus's upper ...

Just look for the three bright stars that make up Orion’s belt. Betelgeuse is a bright reddish star to the upper left of the ...

Many of us remember all too well our childhood bout of chickenpox: those itchy, scabby, red spots that appeared all over our ...

A Northumbria University PhD student has led an international team of astronomers in creating the first-ever three-dimensional map of Uranus's upper ...