Becomes The Hottest Year Ever Recorded 5C above the pre-industrial level. Scientists determined that 2024 is now "virtually certain" to become the hottest year ever recorded, following several months ...

How far it is from the sun: 886 million miles (1.4 billion kilometers), on average How big it is: 72,400 miles (116,500 km) across, or almost 10 times the size of Earth. How many moons it has: At ...

Astronomers have caught the first views of auroras on the planet Uranus from a telescope near Earth, revealing tantalizing views of the tilted giant planet's hard-to-catch light shows. The Uranus ...

The red planet Mars, named for the Roman god of war, has long been an omen in the night sky. And in its own way, the planet’s rusty red surface tells a story of destruction. Billions of years ago, the ...

Seven planets aligned in the night sky on Friday, Feb. 28, viewable from Earth. A similar planetary alignment with six planets will occur on Aug. 29. The planets appear to align from Earth's ...

What planetary treat is happening in the night sky over California and the rest of the Northern Hemisphere How to see planets with the naked eye Why Pluto isn't part of the 2025 - or any other - ...