Burrowing under soil opens up a whole new world, especially when that soil is on other planets. Getting under the top layer ...

Scientists believe that two asteroids might be fragments of long-lost "planetary embryos" from the early solar system.

The planetary parade in February 2025 will see five bright planets in clear view and a special alignment of Mercury and Saturn ...

This week sees a special stargazing event, as as up to six planets will be visible in a line in the night sky.

Mercury takes only 88 Earth days to orbit the sun.

Chorus waves, quick bursts of energy known to occur relatively close to Earth and around other planets, were found in an ...

If you missed seeing the alignment of six planets in the sky in January, don't worry. Another one is coming up in February.

Gaia-4b is considered a super-Jupiter planet, a relatively cold gas giant, orbiting its star over 570 Earth-days. That star ...

Astronomers discovered the gas giant planet — dubbed a "hot Jupiter " — in 2016, but have continued to investigate this ...

Look to the southwest sky after sunset on Saturday, as the sliver of a waxing crescent moon nears bright Venus with Saturn ...

MY sister, Lilibeth, and I were looking at the stars one night and noticing how big Venus was over the tall tree fronting our porch. Not the western or eastern hemisphere of heaven but the massive ...

New research reveals that Earth and Mars lost essential elements due to violent cosmic collisions, not early planetary formation processes ...