The Keeble Observatory at Randolph-Macon College holds weekly public viewing during spring semester. Check their website ( or ...

Scientists estimate there are ~1 septillion (1 followed by 24 zeros) planets in the observable universe. This figure is based ...

What drives us to send probes throughout the solar system and rovers and landers to Mars? It's not cheap, and it's not easy.

Some of the planets — like Venus, Jupiter and Mars — were relatively easy to spot because of their great brilliance. Others, like Mercury and Saturn, were a bit more difficult to see because ...

Planet parade with four planets visible to the naked eye on the evening sky, Mars on left, Jupiter in the middle, Saturn and Venus on the right as they move along the ecliptic, in Sparta NC ...

Scientists from NASA have developed a new equation that may help assess the chances of life existing on this planet. Could ...

A new approach to estimating the likelihood of life on Venus has been proposed by researchers at NASA’s Ames Research Center, ...

Antarctica's 'Deception Island' is one of the only places on Earth where you can sail into an active volcano —Eerily circular 'Goblin Forest' surrounds sacred volcano with human rights "Three ...

The Extremely Large Telescope will revolutionize our view of the cosmos when it sees first light in Chile in 2028. In fact, it could detect hints of alien life around our closest neighboring star ...

Dec. 9, 2024 — A NASA Hubble Space Telescope observation program called OPAL (Outer Planet Atmospheres Legacy) obtains long-term baseline observations of Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune in ...