Four planets will be widely visible to the naked eye through part of February, but calling them a 'planetary alignment' may ...

The chances of an asteroid striking Earth within the next decade has doubled in a matter of weeks, according to NASA ...

Skywatchers on Thursday evening, Feb. 6, will notice an eye-catching pairing-off between two of the brightest objects in the ...

NASA's Juno spacecraft has discovered a giant volcanic hot spot on the surface of Jupiter's hellish moon Io. The eruptions in ...

These results are published in Astronomy & Astrophysics. Hot Jupiters are planets with masses similar to that of Jupiter, but orbit close to their star, at a much smaller distance than Mercury is ...

The four-planet lineup that began in January concludes by mid- to late February, as Saturn sinks increasingly lower in the ...

"There are still many things related to planetary formation and the early evolution of young planetary systems that we don't understand." The discovery of an extraordinary multi-planet system has ...

Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn are all bright enough ... and none more so than in the discovery and study of exoplanets, worlds that orbit stars other than the Sun.

It takes Jupiter roughly twelve years to orbit the sun and it spends a year of that sojourn in each zodiac sign, exaggerating the qualities and energies of each. Associated with abundance ...

That mission, which is slated to end in September 2025, also extends to Jupiter's rings and many moons. Juno’s trajectory ...

It not only contains a Hot Jupiter but also an inner Super-Earth and an icy giant planet. Hot Jupiters are giant planets initially known to orbit alone close to their star. During their migration ...

These results are published in Astronomy & Astrophysics. Hot Jupiters are planets with masses similar to that of Jupiter, but orbit close to their star, at a much smaller distance than Mercury is ...