Several planets will line up shortly after sunset, on February 28, during a planetary alignment. Six planets will be visible during this event, and four of the planets will be ...

Now, a study led by SETI Institute scientist Matija Ćuk proposes an explanation linking the formation of the moons and rings, ...

Free-floating planets, or as they are more commonly known, rogue planets, wander interstellar space completely alone. Saying there might be a lot of them is a bit of an understatement. Recent ...

As next-generation telescopes map this outer frontier, astronomers are bracing for discoveries that could reveal hidden planets, strange structures, and clues to the solar system’s chaotic youth.

Last year, Musk said "the moon is a distraction." Now, he's talking about building a city there. The shift may be more ...

Located on the third floor of Nevins Hall, the VSU Planetarium features a Digitarium Kappa digital projector, which can reproduce the night sky as seen from anywhere on Earth or from the surface of ...

A recent study points to an exciting possibility: that Uranus's moon Miranda, located in the far reaches of our solar system, may harbor a hidden ocean and life.

Researchers had only hypothesized the existence of underground lava tubes on Venus —until now.

Scientists at the University of Trento have uncovered the first direct evidence of a subsurface feature beneath Venus: a ...

This post features biographies and notable quotes from oral history interviews with planetary geophysicist Lynnae Quick, ...

A fresh examination of radar data for Venus obtained by NASA's Magellan spacecraft in the 1990s indicates the presence of a large underground cavity created by a lava flow, the first subsurface ...

On Mars or the Moon, researchers use high-resolution optical cameras to spot “skylights,” which are essentially holes in the ...