Our sun is wobbling, and this has a huge impact upon the regularity of many of Earth's meteor showers, according to a new ...

With its beautiful rings, Saturn may be the most stunning planet in the solar system. It is the sixth planet from the sun and ...

Although we're familiar with dusty comet tails close to the sun, tail formation can begin while a comet is still beyond the orbit of Saturn ... as it moves around, sometimes the Earth will ...

New research suggests meteor showers are so unpredictable due to the Sun’s own motion around the solar‑system barycenter.

Astronomers have discovered that "super-Earth" planets may exist on wider orbits than previously thought — and this implies ...

The pre-dawn sky on April 25 will see a conjunction of Venus, Saturn and a waning crescent moon, which will resemble a ...

Space exploration missions have revealed that polar vortices aren’t uncommon beyond Earth. They’ve been observed throughout ...

Saturn’s rotation is tilted with respect to its orbit around the sun, just like Earth. This means Saturn has seasons like Earth, so one hemisphere usually receives more sunlight, and we see more ...

A dazzling snapshot from ESO’s Paranal Observatory captures a rare sky parade — the Moon, a comet, and nearly every visible planet strung across the heavens. This celestial lineup is an optical ...

"This measurement of the planet population from planets somewhat larger than Earth all the way to the size of Jupiter and ...