Mercury is known as “a personal planet,” similar to Venus and Mars. This is because they are closer to the sun and the earth astronomically, while astrologically, Thomas says they “align ...

All planets are made of gas, ice, rock and metal, and models of how planets form usually assume that these materials don't ...

The planet, known as TRAPPIST-1b ... unfortunately, adds to the list of planets that cannot house humans.

Over a thousand objects are now known to orbit the Sun beyond Neptune, and once again we can't imagine torturing school children by adding even a dozen of the biggest ones to the list of planets.

A new classification scheme may help us better understand planet formation — including the history of our own family of worlds.

This week, seven planets will align in what is known as a planetary parade. This planetary parade will see Mars, Jupiter, Uranus, Venus, Neptune, Mercury, and Saturn lining up in the evening sky.

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Scientists from UNSW Sydney have located a potential new exoplanet—a planet that orbits a star outside of our solar system—using a technique known as "transit timing variation." In research ...

Sometimes these happenings are also known as "planet parades." The alignment should be relatively easy to see. A suggestion on the NASA website added, "Find an area well away from the city or ...