It seems 2025 will have a strong start, too, with a planet parade just a few weeks into the new year. A planet parade is when several of our solar system's planets are visible in the night sky at ...

The odd atmosphere of a fledgling exoplanet is causing astronomers to question leading theories of how planets form. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.

Want to see Mars at its brightest in January? The best telescopes for seeing planets give you the clearest views of our celestial neighbors. The new year is a great time to test out your ...

Most astronomers would love to find a planet, but Mike Brown may be the only one proud of having killed one. Thanks to his research, Pluto, the solar system’s ninth planet, was removed from the ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. On one front at least, it is hard to look ahead to 2025 with optimism. Hopes that climate change can be ...

Planets form through domino effect Date: December 13, 2024 Source: National Institutes of Natural Sciences Summary: New radio astronomy observations of a planetary system in the process of forming ...

All the planets revolve around it on roughly the same plane, and they also move in the same direction. Even so, there are slight anomalies in the architecture of our stellar neighborhood that can ...

Feeling a little tense and unruly? No, it’s not just the silly season, there are five planets retrograde — including Mercury Retrograde, Mars Retrograde and more — so naturally, we’re ...

An artist’s impression of a small, rocky interstellar object hurtling from the upper right toward the inner solar system. The orbits of the four inner planets (Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars) are ...