New James Webb Space Telescope observations of a star cluster called NGC 346 are shedding light on how, when and where ...

Staring up at the night sky, you might see thousands of stars sprinkled above the horizon. It feels as though you can see so ...

Exoplanets have captured the imagination of the public and scientists alike and as the search continues for more, researchers ...

Known as the "Parade of Planets," the celestial event will feature appearances from Mars, Jupiter, Uranus, Venus, Neptune and ...

Mercury joins the night sky to complete a 7-planet alignment just after sunset for the end of February. Saturn leaves our ...

Six planets are parading across the sky, appearing as some of the night's brightest stars. A few easy tips can help you ...

Worlds with liquid water could have formed just 200 million years after the big bang from the remains of the earliest ...

The number of planets that orbit the sun depends on what you mean by “planet,” and that’s not so easy to define ...

Stargazers can witness a rare 'planet parade' in January and February 2024, where six planets align prominently in the night ...

High radiation during a time of frenzied star formation in the Milky Way left one stellar population with few chances to form planets, a study reports.

A way to find the planets is to look for how they shine. They appear as a steady light, while stars appear to twinkle.

With this answer comes more of an idea about where planets are likely to form in our galaxy. They have found that stars with high-mass planets have higher metallicity than those with lower amounts ...