Stargazers can see six planets all in one evening during the second month of the year, especially Mercury, which is usually difficult to spot.

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Make room, earthling. We’re moving the other planets in our Solar System into our planetary neck of the woods. Would all the ...

A young star called V1298 Tau is giving astronomers a front-row seat to the birth of the galaxy’s most common planets. Four ...

These icy bodies orbit the sun just like the major planets, yet they follow their own rules, often traveling along elongated ...

Six planets are hanging out in the sky this month in what’s known as a planetary parade. Catch the spectacle while you can because it’s the last one of the year. These linkups happen when several ...

When you see art of our solar system as the planet orbit the sun, you may notice that Earth's orbit has a tilt. It is not a perfect circle. What's more, Earth is not the only planet that displays such ...

"We've often seen the 'baby pictures' of planets forming, but until now, the 'teenage years' have been a missing link." ...

We have all been taught in school that planets revolve in the same direction as the Earth, i.e., in the counterclockwise direction. However, the universe never ceases to amaze us with its unexpected ...

The origin of super-Earths and sub-Neptunes has been revealed in a system of four young planets that are dramatically losing ...