From meteor showers to visible nebulas, August is primed to be an action-packed month for stargazers in the United States. And one of the highlights of the month? The impending meet-up of Jupiter and ...

Believe it or not, many astronomers would describe the planet Venus as Earth's “evil twin.” After all, it is the same size, ...

A population of asteroids silently shares Venus's orbit, creating a potential threat to our planet. These celestial bodies, ...

From meteor showers to visible nebulas, August is primed to be an action-packed month for stargazers in the United States. And one of the highlights of the month? The impending meet-up of Jupiter and ...

We could be overlooking an entire population of asteroids that pose a threat to Earth on the very simple basis that they're ...

Lava tubes are familiar on Earth. They form when the surface of a lava flow hardens while molten rock continues to drain ...

The solar system is a grand cosmic stage where each planet and moon plays a unique role in a story billions of years in the making. From Mercury’s shrinking surface and Venus’s runaway greenhouse ...

LYNCHBURG, Va. (WSET) — If you're trying to get a beautiful look at the planets in our solar system, you're in luck. Between February 25 and February 28, all seven planets in our solar system will be ...

About 4. 6 billion years ago, the Solar System formed from a cloud of dust and gas collapsing in on itself due to gravity.

There are quite a few other places we might find life in the solar system, including dwarf planets like Ceres. Ceres is ...

Venus is often called Earth's "sister planet" because of their similarities in size, mass, and composition. Both are rocky ...