The so-called 'planetesimal belts' are filled with tiny millimeter-sized particles created by collisions between comets.

Claims of a "rare planetary alignment" are misleading; it's just visible planets. A true "golden conjunction" occurs on Sept.

If you needed a sign from the cosmos, the planets are in fact aligning for you this evening. ValleyCentral spoke to Christian ...

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

Early 2025 is a good time for skygazing and spotting up to seven planets in the night sky – if you have a little help.

A new study in astrophysics has found why some planets’ paths have certain peculiar features. The formation of the solar ...

An unusual looking 33-foot-long object discovered orbiting Earth last year may have come from a surprising place.

Planets with suns like Wolf 359 are subject to huge blasts of radiation that raise questions about their long-term ...

Using NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS), an international team of astronomers has discovered two ...

A planet-sized visitor possibly visited the solar system billions of years ago and permanently changed the cosmic neighbourhood by warping the orbital path of four outer planets of the system, a ...

Meeting of the American Astronomical Society, two teams of astronomers—centered at Penn State and MIT—independently announced new discoveries about an extreme form of planetary destruction: apparently ...