Our planet's closest and brightest neighbor will pass approximately between the Earth and sun this week, in what's called an ...

Seven planets are aligning in the night sky this ... Mercury will be in the constellation Aquarius, near the sun and just above the western horizon. Saturn will also be near the sun and low ...

A quartet of small, rocky exoplanets likely circle Barnard's Star, around 6 billion light-years from Earth, putting them in ...

Seven planets are aligning in the night sky this ... Mercury will be in the constellation Aquarius, near the sun and just above the western horizon. Saturn will also be near the sun and low ...

Astronomers have confirmed the existence of four planets orbiting a star less than 6 light-years away with help from some of ...

After many previous claims and false alarms, astronomers can finally confirm the existence of at least four planets less ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Venus will pass between the Earth and sun on Saturday during what’s called an inferior conjunction. But don’t ...

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

Barnard’s Star has fascinated astronomers for decades. At just six light-years away, it is the second-closest single star to our own Sun. Now, two separate research teams have found solid evidence ...

Florida Tech's Caldon Whyte is two years into a lengthy universe exploration to earn his Ph.D. in space sciences. After ...

Scientists already know that a planet must be in the “Goldilocks zone”—not too hot and not too cold—to have liquid water, a ...