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

If you miss this week’s one, don’t fret. You won’t have to wait too much longer for the next one. On January 18, 2025, Mars, Jupiter, Uranus, Neptune, Saturn and Venus will line up for your ...

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 ...

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

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.

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.

Ever since the International Astronomical Union recognized Haumea and Makemake as dwarf planets in 2008, University of Maine ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...