Astronomers at NASA have caught a glimpse of a star system whipping through space at an unprecedented speed. While the system ...

In 2011, a project that surveyed the Milky Way galaxy for exoplanets — which are planets beyond our solar system — spotted an ...

The number of planets that orbit the sun depends on what you mean by “planet,” and that’s not so easy to define ...

The northern hemisphere is displayed in this global view of the surface of Venus as seen by NASA Magellan spacecraft. This is a NASA Hubble Space Telescope ultraviolet-light image of the planet Venus, ...

Around the time of your romantic dinner, head outside and look to the southwest to spot the super brilliant planet in the night sky ...

Scientists are proposing ways to explore Venus in the next decade and beyond by way of a host of advanced technologies, from ...

A star system has been discovered to be moving at an estimated 1.2 million miles per hour, making it possibly the fastest moving solar system in our galaxy.

Why is Venus so different? Several scientific instruments are to explore our neighboring planet. ESA has now awarded the ...

Imperial's Professor Tim Horbury and Helen O'Brien are celebrating the impact of the Solar Orbiter as they mark five years since it first ...

So long as the weather cooperates, Saturn, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and the moon will be visible Sunday evening during an open ...