Mercury has long baffled astronomers because it defies much of what we know about planet formation. A new space mission ...

BepiColombo will arrive in 2026 to uncover the planet Mercury, and unravel how a planet as small, dense, and in such an odd ...

The National Weather Service expects a storm to hit Mount Hamilton on Friday night and bring 2 to 2 1/2 inches of rain to the ...

Close-up images from NASA’s MESSENGER spacecraft revealed that Mercury’s surface records impacts of almost unimaginable scale ...

A Carnegie-led team of astronomers detected the strongest evidence yet of an atmosphere around a rocky planet beyond our ...

A bevy of supermoons, a dramatic total solar eclipse and a "blood moon" total lunar eclipse are some of the highlights of the ...

Could the icy moons of our solar system hold life beyond our planet? Keith Cooper looks at how planetary scientists plan to ...

Happy New Year, Starlights! Welcome to January 2026 — a brand-new chapter begins! As we step into the new year, the cosmos ...

Saturn is on display in the early-evening sky this month along with Uranus and Neptune, both within reach of binoculars.

The 26-foot-tall (8-meter-tall) cargo lander is expected to embark on its first flight during the first quarter of 2026, ...

The daily horoscope is here for Thursday, revealing how Mercury entering Capricorn on January 1, 2026, influences each zodiac ...

As the new year dawns, the solar system's two largest planets put on fine shows in the evening sky. Saturn continues to ...