I pick out North America’s celestial highlights for the week ahead (which also applies to northern hemisphere mid-northern ...

News of an unusual planetary parade has recently made headlines, prompting people across the globe to wonder how they can ...

But of these planets, which is nearest to the sun? Mercury is the closest planet to the sun, followed by Venus, Earth, Mars, ...

Why is Venus so different? Several scientific instruments are to explore our neighboring planet. ESA has now awarded the ...

Tonight and throughout January, stargazers can see a planetary alignment in the night sky or what some are calling a ...

The exoplanet Enaiposha (GJ 1214 b), previously thought to be a mini-Neptune, has been reclassified as a "Super-Venus" ...

Planets Venus (top), Jupiter (middle), and Mars (bottom ... you’re peering into the vast expanse of our solar system. Each planet orbits the Sun at vastly different distances—Mercury sits ...

Venus" exoplanet 47 light-years away, with a thick atmosphere, challenging previous planetary classifications.

Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Venus, Uranus and Neptune will be visible in the sky at the same time, with tonight’s new moon ...

First discovered in 2009, GJ 1214 b is described by the JWST team as being “sub-Neptune-sized” - smaller than the outermost ...

Four planets will be in the parade in January, while seven will align in February. Here's how to see the events.

The planet, known as HD 20794d, gets farther out from its star than Mars is from the sun and, on the other end of its orbit, as close as Venus ... HD 20794d orbits its star with two other super ...