More planets are changing directions. First, Mercury circled retrograde. This week, Mars is reversing course and Neptune starts spinning forward again. Going retrograde and stationing direct are the ...

Shedding light on the gravity of the situation. Most people do not realize that many of the stars and heavenly bodies they see in the sky no longer exist. In fact, many have ceased to exist for ...

Earth" less than 20 light-years from our own planet is offering scientists new hope in the hunt for other worlds that could ...

After marking the 30th anniversary of the discovery of the first exoplanet around a sun-like star, we now look forward to ...

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The next several weeks will give skywatchers a chance to see many planets at once. Shimpei Yamashita via Getty Images The night sky will offer stargazers a special sight for the next several weeks: ...

The exoplanet Gliese 12 b is tantalizingly close and moderately warm, situated just 40 light-years away around a red dwarf star. The potentially habitable planet could be a good place to search for ...

February ends with a treat for sky-gazers: a parade of seven planets across the night sky, including Mercury, Uranus and Neptune alongside typically bright planets such as Mars, Venus, Jupiter and ...

A planet's north pole is defined by its position relative to the solar system's invariable plane. The invariable plane is a fixed reference point perpendicular to the solar system's rotation. A planet ...

One of Earth's defining features is its magnetic field. It forms a protective shield against high-energy particles ejected by the Sun and thus arguably has provided life with a safer place to grow ...