Every once in a while, the mechanics of our solar system grant Earth and its residents a better-than-average view, as is the ...

The asteroid, around 100 feet in diameter, is speeding toward our planet at about 22,000 miles per hour, according to NASA.

V1298 Tau links swollen young worlds to the compact planets that astronomers keep finding, and its timing signals made that ...

Last year, astronomers were fascinated by a runaway asteroid passing through our Solar System from somewhere far beyond.

Astronomers have announced the discovery of what appears to be an "ice cold Earth," a chilly but potentially habitable rocky ...

Why is it so rare to find exoplanets orbiting two stars, also called circumbinary planets (CBPs)? This is what a recent study ...

An international team of astronauts have conducted a detailed study of planets being born around young stars. The ...

Picture this. We're floating through the cosmos on a pale blue dot, orbiting an average star in an unremarkable galaxy. The ...

Mercury reaches its peak evening visibility this February, offering Northern Hemisphere observers a longer post-sunset viewing window, higher altitude and a crescent moon reference.

A newly identified Earth-sized exoplanet with a year-long orbit may lie near its star’s habitable zone, but extreme cold could limit its chances of hosting liquid water.

Astronomers have, for the first time, captured a gallery of detailed snapshots of planetary systems during their "teenage years," an era long shrouded ...

Venus and Jupiter will be the brightest planetary candidates in this winter-end celestial performance.