A rare alignment of two exoplanets with their star, marking one of the few known exosyzygies, an astronomical event involving ...

Stars and planets are inextricably linked. They form together and stars shape the fate of planets. Stars create the dusty ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: ALMA(ESO/NAOJ/NRAO)/M. McClure et al. Astronomers have witnessed the birth of a planetary ...

Astronomers are closing in on one of the most tantalizing possibilities in planetary science, evidence that a previously ...

Long before humans walked the Earth, your solar system had a brush with two blazing blue stars that passed surprisingly close ...

NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has captured infant planets colliding around Fomalhaut, one of the brightest stars in the night ...

Two rare cosmic collisions around the young star Fomalhaut were caught by space telescopes, offering new clues about how planets form.

Most planets are part of a star system of their own – but some go their own way, and they have remained largely mysterious ...

The upcoming year will offer a blood-red moon, spectacular meteor showers and the first glimpse of the sun’s corona since ...

Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) scientists believe they may have resolved a 39-year-old mystery about the radiation belts around Uranus. When astronomers search for planets that could host liquid ...

While its star projector leaves a lot to be desired, the Science Can Solar System Planetary Projector is a fantastic educational tool for kids, with its solar system model, complete with talking ...

Jupiter is the largest planet in the solar system, known for its massive size, strong gravity, powerful storms and many moons ...