Have you ever looked up at the night sky and wondered how to find the planets that are twinkling above? Whether you're a ...

Lava planets don’t play by the rules of our solar system. These scorching-hot worlds, some no bigger than Earth, orbit so ...

A recent study led by a York University professor introduces a theoretical framework to predict the evolution of hot rocky ...

The planets orbit the sun continuously in the solar system, so at times, they slowly catch up to one another. Because they travel along the same path, or ecliptic, as they pass Earth, it appears ...

Saturn is possibly one of the most distinct planets due to its bright ring. However, the famous ring is only visible by telescope, but you can still view the rest of it with the naked eye.

TRAPPIST-1h is the farthest out and least-known of the planets — researchers think it has an orbit lasting about 20 days at about 0.06 AU from the star (23.3 times the average Earth-moon ...

See images of the alien planets around the nearby star Gliese 667C 22 light-years from Earth. The star has up to seveon exoplanets, three of them potentially habitable super-earths.

Photo: NASA/JPL-Caltech Kepler is not the only space instrument trained on exoplanets. Here is an artist’s view of the hot gas planet, HD 209458b, as depicted from information obtained by the ...

Astronomers have found at least seven Earth-sized planets orbiting the same star 40 light-years away, according to a study published Wednesday in the journal Nature. The findings were also ...

You should set up to view about an hour before sunset, and the planets will be observable for a few hours after dark. Best places to view celestial events in Wisconsin For any celestial event, the ...