For a few evenings around 28 February, every planet in the solar system will be visible in the night sky, thanks to a rare great planetary alignment. Here's how to make sure you don't miss this ...

"These are huge alignments across the scale of the universe," says Christiansen ... Getty Images The different orbital speeds of the planets in our Solar System means several of them can ...

Far beyond the eight familiar planets in our solar system, countless bizarre and extreme worlds await discovery — and some ...

Clear skies will also be necessary to see all the planets. The planets in the solar system orbit the sun, just as Earth does. Every planet orbits at a different speed and distance. During these ...

Mar. 17, 2025 — The James Webb Space Telescope has captured its first direct images of carbon dioxide in a planet outside the solar system in HR 8799, a multiplanet system 130 light-years away ...

Astronomers have captured direct images of exoplanets in a star system 130 light years away, providing clues on gas giant ...

A distant exoplanet discovered, named Enaiposha, is unlike anything found in our own solar system, similar to a "super-Venus" ...

Emporia State and the Peterson Planetarium will collaborate with Emporia Main Street on creating a permanent scale model of the solar system throughout campus and the downtown area, a project ...

The discovery is keeping astronomers on their toes about how planets are formed.

A new classification scheme may help us better understand planet formation — including the history of our own family of worlds.

Astronomers have identified a quartet of small rocky planets orbiting Barnard's star - one of our closest stellar neighbors - ...