Astronomers have, for the first time, captured a detailed snapshot of planetary systems in an era long shrouded in mystery.

A decade of observations of four planets around the young planetary system V1298 Tau revealed a rare, long-sought missing ...

The Helix Nebula is one of the most well-known and commonly photographed planetary nebulae because it resembles the “ Eye of ...

"I don't think anyone's made this connection between the surface fluid pattern and the interior properties of these planets." ...

I'm a planetary scientist who was born the year of Sputnik's launch. Over the course of my 40-year career, I've witnessed not one but at least five separate revolutions that fundamentally transformed ...

An international team from Kanazawa University (Japan), Tohoku University (Japan), LPP (France), and partners has ...

Some 350 light-years away, the V1298 Tau system features an infant sun-like star, just 23 million years old, orbited by four ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Six planets will soon be aligning for a stunning celestial display. In early August, Mercury, Jupiter, Venus, Uranus, Neptune, and ...

We share some incredible images this week, featuring a range of spacecraft. NASA's MRO finds a new crater on Mars, ESA's ...

Stargazers are about to have a chance to spot Saturn and the moon sharing a section of the night sky in what's known as a ...

In February, you’ll be able to see Venus, Jupiter, Saturn, and Mercury with the naked eye, but you’ll need binoculars or a ...

February brings several special events, including a rare "occultation," and a planetary parade of six planets.