Look about an hour before sunrise on Feb. 1 and find Venus, bright but very low, in the southeast, with much dimmer Mercury to its lower left. Far to Venus’s upper right shines Saturn, and ...

Here’s what you should know when you go outside to see for yourself: Yes, the planets are indeed lined up across our sky. No, ...

A California-based company, SpinLaunch, is making waves with its innovative satellite launch system, drawing particular ...

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

Because its orbit around the sun closely matches Earth's, astronomers determined that the "mini-moon" likely originated from nearby in our solar system. Now, research published this month in the ...

Earth will reach its closest point to the sun, known as perihelion, on Jan. 3, 2026 at 12:15 p.m. EST (1715 GMT). Orbits of natural ... side of the ellipse. If you draw a line through the ...

A small space rock that lingered near Earth last year and was referred to as its temporary “mini-moon” may actually ... asteroids that have orbits around the sun similar to Earth’s orbit.

A private US spacecraft headed to the moon has captured breathtaking images of Earth during its journey. Firefly Aerospace's lunar lander, named Blue Ghost, is currently orbiting Earth and recently ...

About 33 feet (10 meters) wide, the asteroid did not pose a hazard to Earth but had one thing in common with our planet - a matching orbit around the Sun. A new study in the Astrophysical Journal ...

This breakthrough was achieved using the Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak (EAST), a nuclear fusion reactor often referred to as the "artificial sun." A Step Toward Unlimited Energy ...

The Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) said its pioneering experimental nuclear reactor, dubbed the “artificial Sun”, successfully ran for more than 1,000 seconds – 1,066 to be precise.