How, from the incandescent gas surrounding a young star, do the first solid materials at the origin of planets emerge? This ...

North America’s celestial highlights for the week ahead, which also apply to mid-northern latitudes in the northern ...

Using a new technique that partly relies on artificial intelligence, researchers spotted potentially more than 10,000 new ...

Pluto was reclassified as a dwarf planet in 2006, but new discoveries and fresh debate are reigniting calls to restore its planet status. Learn why Pluto lost its title, what scientists discovered ...

Have you seen the bright star in the west after sunset? It’s Venus — and it’s about to do something spectacular. On June 9-11 ...

The findings could more than double our current database of worlds that loop around binary star systems. But researchers need ...

Venus, Jupiter and Mercury headline May's skywatching, with stunning moon pairings and a three-planet display.

For a long time, astronomers thought that binary star systems, where two stars orbit each other, were too chaotic for planets ...

Watch this video to find out more about the Earth, planets in our Solar System and other planets far off in outer space. From up here on the International Space Station I get a great view of Earth.

Skywatchers are in for a cosmic treat this month: a rare alignment of four planets in the predawn sky. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive ...