I pick out North America’s celestial highlights for the week ahead (which also apply to mid-northern latitudes in the ...

Our Solar System is a carefully balanced celestial dance held together by a virtually perfect balance of gravity and inertia.

Venus" exoplanet 47 light-years away, with a thick atmosphere, challenging previous planetary classifications.

Earth ejecta, for instance, could hold Earth life. "We're trying to figure out how much mass is reaching Venus from Earth, ...

When scientists first found Enaiposha, they thought it was a mini-Neptune, a small gas planet with an icy core.

Planetary alignments aren't rare, but they can be when they involve six of the eight planets in our solar system.

Worlds will align for a "planetary parade" in January, with four bright and easily visible to the naked eye. But an even ...

New observational data from the James Webb Space Telescope and simulation models have confirmed a new type of planet unlike ...

Venus and Saturn will be in conjunction this weekend, appearing side by side in the night sky during January's post-sunset ...

Both Venus and Saturn will be in the Aquarius constellation, the water bearer, during their close approach. To help spot it, ...

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