Skies over South Carolina kick off 2025 with a planet parade, ancient comet and the muse of "Beyond Antares," a 23rd-century love song from "Star Trek" fame.

How many planets are there? As with the discovery of Uranus, the answer depends on who you ask. Detail from Joseph Wright of Derby’s A Philosopher Giving that Lecture on an Orrery, in which a Lamp is put in the Place of the Sun, 1766. Derby Museum and Art Gallery. Public Domain.

Venus, Saturn, Jupiter and Mars will appear to line up and be bright enough to see without a telescope or binoculars — and with them, you can see Uranus and Neptune, too.

Early 2025 is a good time for skygazing and spotting up to seven planets in the night sky – if you have a little help.

Scientists have discovered a huge underground ocean that lies hundreds of miles below Earth's surface. This find could change our understanding of water on our planet. It is believed to be three times larger than all the oceans combined,

Mars, Jupiter, Venus, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune are visible this month in a 'planetary parade'. Dr Becky Smethurst at the University of Oxford explains what to look out for

The enormous visitor to our solar system may have been about 8 times the mass of Jupiter, and come nearly as close to the sun as the orbit of Mars.

A new study, currently under review for publication, suggests that an ancient cosmic visitor might have significantly altered the orbits of our solar system's giant planets. Scientists propose that this interstellar object,

Venus, Saturn, Jupiter and Mars will appear to line up and be bright enough to see with the naked eye in the first few hours after dark. This weekend, Venus and Saturn get especially cozy.

Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn are visible to the naked eye this month and for part of February. Uranus and Neptune can be spotted with binoculars and telescopes.

A GALAXY of heavenly wrought poems has been brought together to celebrate Burns night this Saturday which coincides with a rare