A recently shared image of a distant galaxy surrounded by three concentric rings challenges our understanding of galactic ...

Above the planet Saturn – the ... hanging like a tiny lantern in the twilight glow to the west. More brilliant than anything ...

Much of the knowledge about Uranus was gleaned when NASA's robotic spacecraft Voyager 2 conducted a five-day flyby in 1986 ...

Much of the knowledge about Uranus was gleaned when NASA’s robotic spacecraft Voyager 2 conducted a five-day flyby in 1986.

Like the Earth, the Sun likely has swirling polar vortices, according to new research led by the U.S. National Science Foundation National Center for ...

Over the next two months, Earth's orbit will encounter meteor showers likely ... The next night, the club will meet at the ...

When the Voyager 2 spacecraft became the first and only mission to fly by Uranus in 1986, it defined the way astronomers understand the ice giant. But the ...

Uranus, blue-green in color due to the methane contained in an atmosphere comprised mostly of hydrogen and helium ...

Model simulations offer insights into the fundamental properties of the solar magnetic field. New studies suggest that the Sun, like Earth, has polar vortices influenced by its magnetic environment. U ...

In 1781, German-born British astronomer William Herschel made Uranus the first planet discovered with the aid of a telescope.

As the Earth orbits the sun, it pulls itself through comet ... They'll look like a halo surrounding the planet rather than physical rings like you can usually see with Saturn. Opposition happens once ...