From March to November, one of the most distinctive features of the solar system will vanish. The reason is simple, but the ...

Saturn has at least 146 moons, of which 63 are named—and thousands of moonlets are hiding inside its rings. Four of our ...

Earth may have had a ring made up of a broken asteroid over 400 million years ago, a study finds. The Saturn-like feature ...

A meteor shower - the Leonids - will also make an appearance, though the brightness of the moon may dampen their splendor.

Saturn will undergo a drastic change in the coming months, at least as the planet is seen from Earth. Here's what's going to ...

After a near miss with an asteroid 466 million years ago, Earth may have developed a Saturn-like ring of debris that lasted for tens of millions of years – and may have significantly affected the ...

In November 2024, a supermoon will illuminate the sky, coinciding with various global festivals such as Kartik Purnima, Loy Krathong, and others, enhancing their celebrations. This period also offers ...

A rare solar wind event was taking place when NASA’s Voyager 2 zipped by in 1986, a study suggests, which affected what we ...

Fred Schaaf promises plenty of opportunities for spectacular views of the moon, planets and stars these next two weeks.

"The Voyager 2 flyby of Uranus in 1986 revealed an unusually oblique and off-centred magnetic field," the researchers wrote.

Much of the knowledge about Uranus was gleaned when NASA's robotic spacecraft Voyager 2 conducted a five-day flyby in 1986 ...