Averting your gaze when viewing the ringed planet can cause an optical phenomenon that might make you think twice about what ...

Despite the lack of a dedicated mission to the planet, scientists have learned plenty through ground observations and space ...

This month, catch planetary views of Saturn, Jupiter, and Mars, witness a close pass of the Parker Solar Probe by Venus, and ...

Saturn shines in the south most of the night, Jupiter rises in the early evening, while Mars is visible in the early morning sky.

"To find evidence of an ocean inside a small object like Miranda is incredibly surprising," said Tom Nordheim, a planetary ...

Jupiter, which currently gleams from within the sparkling winter constellation Taurus, reaches opposition with the sun just a ...

Voyager 1 switched to a very old backup radio transmitter, not used since 1981, restoring NASA’s contact amid communication ...

A new study, led by planetary scientists at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, revealed that methane gas may also be trapped ...

NASA released photos and video of a Martian moon passing between the planet and the sun. The occurrence is common on Mars, lasting around 30 seconds.

With improved data transfer rates, future missions could : ・Send high-resolution images and videos back to Earth more quickly ...