How do tidal forces determine a planet's orbital evolution, specifically planets in the habitable zone? This is what a ...

These linkups happen when several planets appear to line up in the night sky at once. Such parades are fairly common, ...

In recent years, JWST has revealed a fascinating class of never-before-seen objects, just hanging out in crowded, nebular ...

A planetary parade of six planets is visible in the morning sky through August 20, with Mercury joining Venus, Jupiter, ...

Prior to flybys, scientists used mathematical laws and observation to determine the characteristics of the planets.

Penn State astronomers are using data from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope, combined with theoretical models, to investigate a distant, radiation-bathed protoplanetary disk. The basic ingredients ...

Six planets will be visible in our skies for the next few days in the last “planetary parade” of 2025. Jupiter, Mercury, ...

Mark your calendar so you can catch Mercury, Venus, Jupiter, Saturn, Neptune and Uranus in the sky at the same time.

While most of the planets will be visible to the naked eye, others will require special equipment to be spotted.