"There really is something very different about how these giant planets form versus how small planets like Earth form." ...

Donaldjohanson, a main belt asteroid, could be a relic of a cosmic collision that took place 150 million years ago.

The world’s premier space observatory has spotted a mysterious and huge, free-floating planetary-mass object that’s “just 20 light-years from Earth,” NASA announced. Researchers recently used the ...

according to NASA. Ten degrees or higher over the horizon is usually best for people to be able to see it without equipment, and it can be hard to see a planet if it's low in the glow of sunrise or ...

To date there are over 5,500 known exoplanets confirmed by NASA, with trillions more predicted to exist within the Milky ... More information: Brendan J. McKee et al, A Planet Candidate Orbiting near ...

The ringed gas giant Saturn has officially replaced Jupiter as the planet in our solar system with the most moons. The International Astronomical Union officially recognized 128 new moons orbiting ...

according to NASA. When is the 7 planet alignment? Mercury to join in late-February. Mars, Jupiter and Saturn are frequently seen in the night sky. But because Venus and Mercury orbit closer to ...

but according to NASA, a seven-planet parade happening tonight could be visible in some form in parts of the U.S. The upcoming cosmic event also follows a series of planets, like Mars and Jupiter ...

Astronomers have been recording the signal for more than four decades, but this is the first time they've nabbed its origin.