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

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

Floating around at the edge of the Solar System are leftovers from its formation. This is the Kuiper Belt, which is composed ...

There will likely only be a window of 20 to 30 minutes that you’ll be able to spot this departing member of the parade of planets before it dips below the horizon. On the plus side, a New Moon will ...

Scientists have detected a potential exoplanet using an unusual method — tracking shifts in another planet’s orbit. The hot Jupiter TOI-2818b was found to have an unexpected timing variation, hinting ...

A combination of cosmic processes shapes the formation of one of the most common types of planets outside of our solar system ...

Since the planets all orbit the sun in the same plane, they can look like they are aligned in a row in the sky. "Think of stars as cars on a really distant freeway where it looks like they're not ...

That path is called the ecliptic, and it exists because all planets in our solar system orbit around the sun on roughly the same plane. Astronomers, on the other hand, look for more specific ...

In fact, previous studies have claimed that even a tiny shift in Jupiter’s orbit could have bizarre effects on Earth. But what if we put an entire planet between Jupiter and Mars? According to ...

Gravity is the force needed to maintain the orbit of planets, asteroids and comets around a star. The attractive force of gravity also keeps moons and artificial satellites in orbit around a planet.