While many of the planets had other names before the Romans bestowed them with their divine namesakes — it's these names that are recognized by the International Astronomical Union (IAU).

Why You Can't Name New Moons And Planets Anything You Want Pluto's two newest moons received their official names this week, and the name that led in the popular vote was Spock's home planet, Vulcan.

Shortly after the announcement of the TRAPPIST-1 system, NASA crowdsourced its Twitter followers for possible planet names. The actual process of naming new planets, however, is a bit more ...

When new planets are discovered beyond the solar system, they often get boring designations such as HD 85512b or Gliese 667Cc. A startup hoping to liven up these names has launched a project to ...

The Sun and the Moon represent swar Sa and Pa, which are always ‘sure’ in astrological parlance or which are fixed and do not change. Each planet owns two zodiac signs each. Check the table below: ...

If you think you can come up with a catchier name for an alien planet than “HD 196885 A” or “MOA-2007-BLG-400-L b”, now’s your chance. The International Astronomical Union, the ...

The English names for planets mostly come from the Romans, who borrowed their designations from gods and goddesses: Mercury was named for the messenger god because it appears to move so swiftly ...

There is, however, some debate about whether the scientists actually have the authority to decide a name. The planets in our Solar System, and many of their moons and smaller minor planets, are named ...

Astronomers on Tuesday (Dec. 20) announced the discovery of the first two Earth-size alien planets — a historic find for sure, but the newfound worlds didn't exactly receive historic names.

The International Astronomical Union (IAU) will announce the results of its "Name the Exoworlds" campaign — which asked the public to vote on common monikers for 32 alien planets in 20 different ...

The "Name the Exoworlds" campaign, created by the International Astronomical Union (IAU), gave the public the opportunity to vote on new names for stars and planets in 20 exoplanet systems.The ...