New observational data from the James Webb Space Telescope and simulation models have confirmed a new type of planet unlike ...

The Red Planet reaches its best position all year this week on January 15. Here’s how and when to get out and see it.

Astronomy has unveiled some of the most impressive results: two Earth-sized Exoplanets orbiting a very nearby star called HD ...

Four bright planets are conveniently placed for viewing ... adding to the luster of the brilliant winter stars and positioned within the zodiacal constellation of Taurus the Bull.

and the second half draws a line between planets and stars. By this definition, the Earth would be a planet — and so would the moon and Pluto. The IAU definition is the most widely accepted one ...

"Current models predict that with so few heavier elements, the disks (of planet-building material) around stars have a short lifetime, so short in fact that planets cannot grow big," said Elena ...