Canadian astronomers have taken an extraordinary step in understanding how planets are born, using the James Webb Space ...

While the composition of gas and dust in a molecular cloud is fairly uniform, everything changes once a star begins to form.

On Feb. 24, from west to east, you can see Mercury, Saturn, Neptune, Venus, Uranus, Jupiter and Mars, all spanning 117.5°, ...

Take advantage of a special 6-7 planet alignment from Earth's perspective. Planets 'line up' in the skies over California in ...

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

Most of the information we have about planets beyond our solar system (exoplanets ... Lead author Dr Arianna Saba (UCL Physics & Astronomy), who did the work as part of her PhD at UCL, said ...

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

For the first time, astronomers have imaged dozens of belts around nearby stars where comets and tiny pebbles within them are ...

The rare astronomical event will see Mars, Jupiter, Uranus, Venus, Neptune, Mercury and Saturn appear at the same time, ...

In August 2006, the International Astronomical Union made the controversial, but correct, decision to demote Pluto from its ...

Learn about the life and scientific contributions of Johannes Kepler, the 17th-century astronomer known for his laws of ...