Mercury, Venus, Neptune, Saturn, Uranus and Jupiter will appear together shortly after sunset on Feb. 28 — but is this the "planet parade" we've been waiting for?

Six planets will appear to align in a rare "planetary parade," with February 28 marking when they appear closest together.

KAIST researchers tested optical frequency comb lasers as reference signals for radio astronomy, aiming to synchronize radio telescopes with light-based timing in VLBI observations.

There are several ancient monuments proving that our predecessors possessed knowledge of astronomy and used it for practical purposes.

Planning a trip in 2026? From total solar eclipses to meteor showers and rare planetary alignments, here’s a complete guide to the major astronomical events worth travelling for.

NASA captured the comet moving away from the Sun in January. The TESS telescope saw it against a backdrop of stars, and the images were stacked to create a video that is 28 hours long. Next is its ...

From dazzling new moons to dramatic eclipses, February has countless opportunities to witness life-changing astronomical ...

SpaceX is targeting a mid-June initial public offering that would coincide with a rare planetary alignment and founder Elon ...

Interstellar objects provide unique opportunities for studying materials from other stellar systems,” Harvard University’s ...

The six-year Dark Energy Survey has released its full results, showing that two leading models of cosmology are equally valid — but both fail to explain one key observation.

NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope created a detailed dark matter map of the COSMOS region, showing alignment with visible ...

The team were able to see in more detail how dark matter interacts with the rest of the Universe through gravity. Evidence for this interaction lies in the degree of overlap between maps of dark ...