The number of planets that orbit the sun depends on what you mean by “planet,” and that’s not so easy to define ...

Stargazers will be treated to a rare seven-planet alignment in February. This is what scientists hope to learn.

Astronomers discovered the gas giant planet — dubbed a "hot Jupiter " — in 2016, but have continued to investigate this ...

Scientists believe that two asteroids might be fragments of long-lost "planetary embryos" from the early solar system.

"With an orbital period of 570 days, it is a relatively cold gas giant planet," said Guðmundur Stefánsson of the University ...

STARGAZERS are in for a treat this month as a rare planet parade falls in Andromeda galaxy season. “One of the best planet ...

A new study claims it is possible an "alien visitor" could have warped our solar system during its earliest years.

This may explain the strange properties of the orbits of our solar system's planets, which are not quite ... population of sun-like stars in the Galaxy is on the order of 10 10 and that stars ...

Jan. 15, 2025 — New observational data and simulation models have confirmed a new type of planet unlike anything found in the Solar System. This provides another piece of the puzzle to ...

The seven planets will not be perfectly aligned, but will appear in an arc across the sky due to their orbital plane in the Solar System.

With a lining up of planets and distant galaxies visible to the naked eye, there is a lot to see in the skies in February.

However, if a large galaxy or cluster of galaxies passes ... Getty Images The different orbital speeds of the planets in our Solar System means several of them can occasionally line up in the ...