Astrophysicist and artist Ed Belbruno explains how art helps scientists communicate their work to the public and even ...

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

Astronomers have captured direct images of exoplanets in a star system 130 light years away, providing clues on gas giant ...

our solar system is unique among the stars, because on a small planet inside it, there are life forms that are able to look out into the universe and draw those maps and name the things we see.

Astronomers have revealed new evidence that there are not just one but four tiny planets circling around Barnard's Star, the second-nearest star system to Earth. Astronomers have revealed new ...

The objects around the ringed planet are tiny, but some of them may have formed relatively recently in the solar system’s history. By Jonathan O’Callaghan Jonathan O’Callaghan reported on an ...

In other words, if scientists can show that Earth's core contains a lot of helium-3, it will strongly suggest that the planet formed quickly, settling a long-standing debate about the birth of the ...

Skywatchers are in for a celestial spectacle on February 28 as seven out of the eight planets in the solar system will be visible for a short time in the sky. Dubbed planetary parade, or planetary ...

The alignment that was visible on Friday from some parts of the world happens when planets appear on same side of Earth, making them visible in sky at once. A rare celestial event was captured ...

NEW YORK — Seven planets grace the sky at the end of February in what’s known as a planetary parade, though some will be difficult to spot with the naked eye. These planetary hangouts happen when ...

According to the team, the gravitational pull of our solar system's planets and passing stars do not have much of an effect on the Oort Cloud. The team's new model was plotted from "a viewpoint of ...

Something known a the “Parade of Planets” is expected to grace the sky Friday evening. A rare planetary alignment will give you a chance to see the Solar System. Courtesy: NASA/Preston Dyches Before ...