Uranus and Neptune orbit in the dim, cold depths of the outer solar system. Neptune absolutely requires a telescope to ...

Six planets will be parading through the sky at the end of the month, and you won’t have to stay up late into the night to ...

The next planetary alignments will happen in 2026. Here are the dates: April 18, 2026: a small morning alignment of Saturn, Mars, Mercury and Neptune. May 12, 2026: a mini evening alignment of Mercury ...

The planets are aligning this week for a celestial event that will be seen around the globe. Seven planets will line up for a ...

New research using the James Webb Space Telescope offers the most detailed portrait yet of how auroras form on Uranus.

Webb maps Uranus’s upper atmosphere, revealing cooling temperatures, shifting auroras, and the effects of its tilted magnetic field.

Stargazers will be treated to a dazzling six- and seven-planet "alignments" in February. A planetary alignment, or a "planet parade" according to the internet, will grace our night sky just after dusk ...

If you think auroras on Earth are a strange and mesmerizing sight, that's nothing like what occurs on the perplexing world of ...

This week, for the third time in eight months, Uranus will have a "close encounter" with Jupiter. Jupiter is currently the brightest object in the evening sky, being high in the south at sunset, and ...

Caitlin O'Kane is a New York City journalist who works on the CBS News social media team as a senior manager of content and production. She writes about a variety of topics and produces "The Uplift," ...