Six planets are set to align on Saturday, creating a planetary parade that will be visible to sky-gazers across the globe.

Despite the dramatic name, these alignments aren’t exceptionally rare. The last six-planet parade occurred in January 2025, ...

Feb. 17’s “ring of fire” annular solar eclipse was imaged from one of the only places to see it — a research station in Antarctica — from where the sun transformed into a perfect “ring of fire” for ...

We’re going back to the moon. Well, at least that’s the hope. God willing, and without any additional delays, NASA plans to launch its Artemis II rocket sometime this spring, sending astronauts around ...

A region beneath Antarctica where Earth’s gravitational pull is measurably weaker than anywhere else on the planet has persisted for roughly 70 million years, according to new research that traces the ...

Webb maps Uranus’s upper atmosphere, revealing cooling temperatures, shifting auroras, and the effects of its tilted magnetic field.

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has captured the first vertical view of Uranus's upper atmosphere, delivering an unprecedented look at the planet's ionosphere and auroral structures. The new ...

The James Webb Space Telescope delivers the 1st detailed 3D map of Uranus’s upper atmosphere, revealing dramatic temperature ...

Unlike a solar eclipse, which occurs when the moon passes between the sun and the Earth, people watching Tuesday morning’s lunar eclipse don’t have to worry about damaging their eyes. Binoculars will ...

Earth’s magnetic shield is shifting in dramatic ways. New data from ESA’s Swarm satellites show that the South Atlantic Anomaly — a vast weak spot in Earth’s magnetic field — has grown by nearly half ...

American space agency NASA announced it found a new way to allow the Perseverance rover to determine its position on Mars by itself.

In 250 million years, Earth’s continents may merge into a supercontinent so extreme that most mammals would struggle to survive.