Prior to 2040, the last planetary quintuplet occurred in the year 1186, and according to Uptain, records show that the close ...

Astronomers have discovered four planets that are just a fraction of the mass of Earth orbiting Barnard’s Star, which is 6 ...

Your best bet is to use an astronomy app like Sky Tonight. Find Saturn on the sky map, and use the Time Machine to determine the perfect moment to turn skyward. While all seven of these planets ...

"There really is something very different about how these giant planets form versus how small planets like Earth form." ...

Head out and find some bright planets in the evening this week: Mars, Jupiter, and Venus are all visible right now. Here's ...

One of the biggest mysteries in astronomy is how planets form. While over 6,000 exoplanets have been discovered, their formation processes remain elusive. The challenge is that young exoplanets ...

Bring the Moon and planets into closer view, spot stunning star clusters and observe distant galaxies and nebulas with your own eyes — you can even photograph your subject with a smart telescope.

Last year, astronomers announced that a planet orbits Barnard’s star. Now, researchers have confirmed the existence of three more.

Young, close-orbiting exoplanets known as sub-Neptunes may form farther from their stars and migrate inward or lose their ...

Astronomers have made an exciting breakthrough by discovering four sub-Earth exoplanets orbiting Barnard’s Star, our closest ...

UC Santa Cruz astronomy Ph.D. candidate Sagnick Mukherjee has received one of the most sought-after postdoctoral awards in the field: the prestigious 51 Pegasi b Fellowship. In its March 27 ...

Astronomers have confirmed the existence of four planets orbiting a star less than ... published in the journal Astronomy & Astrophysics. MORE: 3.5 billion-year-old crater created by meteorite ...