Stargazers can see six planets all in one evening during the second month of the year, especially Mercury, which is usually difficult to spot.

Astronomers have found thousands of exoplanets around single stars, but few around binary stars—even though both types of ...

Stargazers across Washington state are in for a treat.

The origin of super-Earths and sub-Neptunes has been revealed in a system of four young planets that are dramatically losing ...

"We used to think that only very simple molecules could be created in these clouds. But we have shown that this is clearly ...

Astronomers have long faced a strange contradiction: most stars are born in pairs, and ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. For five consecutive mornings, beginning on Aug. 17, early ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. If you haven’t heard, all the planets are in the sky at the ...

The stars may not be aligning on Friday night, but seven planets in our solar system just may be. For weeks, outer space enthusiasts have been gearing up for a planetary alignment, or "planetary ...

A visible line of planets has for weeks been the talk of astronomers and hobbyist stargazers who have sought to catch a sight of our solar system's worlds. Online chatter and a frenzy of media ...

Over the years, passing spacecraft have observed mystifying weather patterns at the poles of Jupiter and Saturn. The two ...

Polygon has rounded up the best icy sci-fi planets from our favorite video games, movies, television, and books ...