A mission will deliver rock and soil from Mars to laboratories on Earth in the 2030s. Mars Sample Return (MSR) is led by NASA ...

The Sweden Solar System is the largest scale model of the Solar System in existence, and it spans the entire Swedish ...

Astronomers have confirmed the existence of four rocky planets orbiting Barnard’s Star, our nearest solitary stellar neighbor ...

Venus may be far more geologically alive than anyone expected. New research suggests its outer crust could be churning with ...

Astronomers have revealed an exoplanet called Enaiposha to be a one-of-a-kind "super Venus" whose carbon-dioxide-rich ...

Venus, the hottest planet in the solar system, is estimated to have 85,000 volcanoes, based on radar images from NASA's 1989 ...

This colorful image of the Helix nebula may mirror what someday could become of our sun and our home planet. Released on ...

While Venus passes between the Earth and Sun every 19.5 months, it's only about every eight or so years that the planet becomes visible both after sunset and before sunrise, according to the ...

The planet Venus will pass between the Earth and sun on Saturday in what's called an inferior conjunction. But don't plan on seeing the linkup – it's extremely difficult to spot without special ...

Skywatchers looking to catch a glimpse of Venus's transit between Earth and the Sun this weekend might be in for a disappointment. On Saturday, the planet will move through inferior conjunction, a ...

Venus will pass between the Earth and sun during what’s called an inferior conjunction. But don’t plan on seeing the linkup. The sight is extremely difficult to spot without special equipment and a ...