Witness a rare celestial spectacle as seven planets align in the night sky for one night in late February, offering a ...

Scientists also discovered a second planet, a brown dwarf orbiting another low-mass star. Gaia-5b orbits the Gaia-5 star, around 134 light-years away from Earth.

These events, often called “planet parades” or “planetary alignments,” though not exceedingly rare, are worth observing since they don’t happen yearly.

All planets to align at the same time in rare planetary parade - For the last time until 2040, seven planets will appear ...

Astronomers have succeeded in observing the magnetic field around a young star where planets are thought to be forming. The team was able to use dust to measure the three-dimensional structure ...

New research shows that meteoroid impacts on Mars generate seismic signals that travel much deeper than previously thought, ...

Hubble Space Telescope observations of white dwarf star G238-44 has shown that it is "consuming both rocky-metallic and icy material, the ingredients of planets," according to NASA's Goddard Space ...

The galaxy itself is made up of thousands of planets and the team calls it "the most alive game world ever." Winter freezes ...

Data from the Gaia spacecraft shows that even unassuming stars can host monumental companions like massive planets.

A French astrophotographer has captured a stunning photo of Venus and the moon shining above the Eiffel Tower in Paris, ...

By tracing the corkscrew wobble of two stars as they move through the sky, the Gaia space mission has discovered one new ...

Here's when and how to watch the next full moon and February's rare planetary parade across Pennsylvania skies, starting with shiny and bright Venus.