Six planets are part of the alignment, which will last until Feb. 18. Mercury will join the alignment later in the month.

The space rock is heading in our direction at some 18,700 miles per hour, according to the space agency's data.

When looking at our solar system, the planets going around the sun seem to be set up in a pretty organized fashion. They are ...

The four planet-strong "planet parade" currently visible to the naked eye in the night sky for a short time after sunset will ...

Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No, it's super Neptune! But this Superman-mimicking planet is not blasting through space on its own. It is being dragged along by its parent star.

The zodiacal light shines in the evening as the Moon reaches Last Quarter and skims past Spica and Antares in the sky this ...

In 2011, a project that surveyed the Milky Way galaxy for exoplanets — which are planets beyond our solar system — spotted an ...

Scientists say the threat of a newly discovered asteroid has risen slightly in the past few weeks as the world's telescopes ...

In Earth’s upper atmosphere, a fast-moving band of air called the jet stream blows with winds of more than 442 kph, but they ...

A new study is offering a clearer picture of how planets are born alongside stars, with the lead researcher from British ...

These popular astronomy questions, answered by Astronomy magazine, will help you better understand our universe - and share ...