The moon will rise with Venus and the ice giant Neptune in the pre-dawn sky on Thursday, May 22.

The White House's 2026 budget request axes NASA's long-held plan to bring Mars samples to Earth for analysis. Here's why that cancellation would be a mistake.

Between May 20 and 24, the moon, Saturn and Venus will meet in a mini 'planetary parade,' becoming visible in the northern ...

Magellan was launched in 1989 to image the entire surface of Venus, the hottest planet in the solar system. It used radar to ...

A mini 'planet parade' is set to take place in the skies this week, as two planets meet the Moon in the morning sky - here's ...

New research reveals that Venus may still be geologically alive, with massive circular features pointing to hot plumes ...

New research strengthens the case that Venus, long considered a geologically stagnant world, may be more Earth-like in its ...

NASA launched a spacecraft to Venus. The mission was called Pioneer-Venus 1, but it’s also known as the Pioneer Venus Orbiter. This was the first of two spacecraft that made up the Pioneer Venus ...

Could other inner planets host life - or have hosted it in the past? This episode examines scientific data on Mars’s ancient river valleys, Venus’s vanished oceans, and Earth’s fine-tuned conditions.

A cloud of collapsing gas created our Sun, the first thing to form in our solar system. This happened about 4½ billion years ...

The great planetary alignment dazzled UK skies in February 2025 as seven planets formed a spectacular 'parade' in the evening ...

In this episode, Astronomy magazine Editor Dave Eicher invites you to head out in the early morning hours of May 22 and ...