The inner solar system is home to four rocky worlds that formed under the intense heat of the young Sun. This video explores Mercury, the scarred planet that is slowly shrinking; Venus, where a ...

From meteor showers to visible nebulas, August is primed to be an action-packed month for stargazers in the United States. And one of the highlights of the month? The impending meet-up of Jupiter and ...

A planetary conjunction is an astronomical event in which at least two planets – sometimes more – appear to our vantage from Earth to be close together in the sky. Both Venus and Jupiter are making ...

Venus and Saturn are due up for a visually striking event known as a planetary conjunction. Here's everything to know about ...

Venus and Saturn will appear within about one degree of each other this weekend, making this one of the closest naked-eye ...

Venus rotates in the opposite direction to most planets in the Solar System, and it does so incredibly slowly. One full rotation takes longer than a full orbit around the Sun. In this video, we ...

Venus’ surface has long been hidden beneath thick clouds and sparse data, but new research is beginning to illuminate what ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... A celestial event being hyped by some internet sites as an extremely rare planetary alignment has been oversold, astronomers are saying, but it should be a ...

With a lot of talk about space recently, have you ever wondered which are the hottest planets in the solar system? You'd think the closer you are to the sun, the hotter they must be. Now that's mostly ...

Venus and Saturn are due for a visually striking event known as a planetary conjunction this weekend in time with daylight saving.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. What that means for observers here on Earth is that both planets should be visible together for the next few days. Here's what to ...

A planetary conjunction is an astronomical event in which at least two planets – sometimes more – appear to our vantage from Earth to be close together in the sky. Both Venus and Jupiter are making ...