Because planets always appear in a line, the alignment isn't anything out of the norm. What's less common is seeing so many ...

High radiation during a time of frenzied star formation in the Milky Way left one stellar population with few chances to form planets, a study reports.

Accessible to anyone the world over, witnessing the majesty of the solar system, including the Milky Way, and its billions of stars and planets is a sight to behold. While many nights offer the chance ...

An object eight times the mass of Jupiter may have swooped around the sun, coming superclose to Mars' present-day orbit ...

"There are still many things related to planetary formation and the early evolution of young planetary systems that we don't ...

Planets around other stars need to be prepared for extreme weather conditions, according to a new study from NASA's Chandra X ...

The seven planets will not be perfectly aligned, but will appear in an arc across the sky due to their orbital plane in the ...

The discovery of two new planets beyond our solar system by a team of astronomers from The University of Warwick and the ...

It's possible that the sun could capture an ISO or a rogue planet ... in space where an object can be temporarily drawn into a semi-stable orbit. These points are often where the outer edges ...

This is a remarkable time to observe Mars at its brightest, nearly as bright as Sirius the Dog Star, the brightest true star ...