Chorus waves, quick bursts of energy known to occur relatively close to Earth and around other planets, were found in an ...

More than a decade of data about the particles zipping around our sun can solve mysteries from the behaviour of individual ...

With each passing night as, the crescent slowly widens and it begins to appear against a progressively darker background, its ...

Could the expected solar flares bring a greater chance of seeing the northern lights? Sophia Herod takes a look.

From January to March, the night sky will host a spectacular parade of planets featuring Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus ...

Saturn’s rings, imaged here by NASA’s Cassini orbiter, are one of the solar system’s most reliably spectacular sights. But ...

Chorus waves are mysterious, chirping signals produced by spiraling plasma inside our planet's magnetic field. But a new ...

Get away from the city lights, after sunset, any clear night. Three bright planets light the sky: In the east, super-dry dust ...

Peculiar bursts of energy called chorus waves have been detected in deep space far from our planet, suggesting they could ...

In an extra twist, Mercury is expected to join the lineup later, briefly creating a rare seven-planet alignment ... too close to the Sun to be seen. Venus will also gradually become less visible ...

Mars, Venus, Jupiter, and Saturn can be spotted without special equipment, with Uranus and Neptune requiring a telescope.

We will be one planet short of a maximum alignment. Six planets will still be possible to see in one ecliptic plane in the southern and eastern night sky, just after sunset: Venus, Mars, Jupiter, ...