February brings a rare planetary parade, with five bright planets in clear view and a special alignment of Mercury and Saturn ...

Stargazers will be treated to a dazzling six-planet "alignment" this January.

Fall Meeting - the largest annual gathering of Earth and space scientists. The blue line is the laser's track across the scene (photo above) and the heights it detects (below) Nasa has been ...

Then artificial intelligence—combined with satellite images—lent a hand. Last year, journalists with the environmental-news ...

As a result, scientists are increasingly monitoring Earth from space. NASA alone has dozens of missions dedicated to solving our planet's mysteries. At the same time, telescopes are gazing outward ...

Because planets always appear in a line, the alignment isn't anything out of the norm. What's less common is seeing so many ...

"Impact probability is still very low, and the most likely outcome will be a close approaching rock that misses us." ...

Four planets will be in the parade in January, while seven will align in February. Here's how to see the events.

That is about to change, however, with NASA having selected two new missions ... Despite Venus being the closest match to our planet Earth, how is it possible that we have been neglecting it ...