Almost 10 years ago, a NASA spacecraft was able to take several photos of Pluto, known for decades as a planet before it was ...

We all know Mars is called “The Red Planet,” but have you ever stopped to wonder—why is it red? The classic joke explanation ...

Here's where the James Webb Space Telescope comes in. Its advanced technology, including its large mirror and suite of specialized instruments, allows it to detect very faint emissions coming from ...

Above Venus, the second-brightest planet should be Jupiter and then high at the top of the sky will be Mars, which should be ...

You can make the case that none of them are in true color. But then again, if they were, they’d be unable to reveal the true nature of objects emitting or reflecting various kinds of otherwise ...

The planets in the night sky are always shifting ... making for a striking color contrast. Uranus will be high in the southwest, north of the Hyades star cluster and the bright orange star ...

People who look up at the night sky to the south will be able to see planets Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn with their naked eye Kimberlee Speakman is a digital writer at PEOPLE.

The clearest look in the infrared yet at the iconic multi-planet system HR 8799. Colors are applied to filters from Webb’s NIRCam (Near-Infrared Camera). A star symbol marks the location of the ...