This is because cameras didn't have a field-of-view large enough to capture the entire planet It is about nine times the width of Earth and nine and a half time further away from the Sun.

Just six light-years from the solar system — in cosmic terms, our backyard — exists a world about half the size ... An exoplanet is a planet that orbits a star other than our sun.

Currently, six planets are visible in the sky in a line—and soon enough, a seventh will join them, according to the BBC. And ...

Four bright planets are conveniently placed for viewing ... Mercury is a -0.2-magnitude "morning star" rising 1.5 hours before the sun. In mid-twilight on the 1st, look 12 degrees to the lower ...

Earth, our home planet, is a world unlike any other. The third planet from the sun, Earth is the only place in the known universe confirmed to host life. With a radius of 3,959 miles, Earth is the ...