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

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

But it’s not just looks. Rocky composition, general size, orbital behaviors—a lot of those qualities can be the same on both ...

How do tidal forces shape a planet's orbital evolution, especially for those in the habitable zone? A recently submitted ...

Researchers suggest gas giants might gather dark matter until their cores collapse into planet-sized black holes.

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

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

In a new study, researchers at Penn State and NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory analyzed when and where human deep space ...

Our sun is about five times less magnetically active than other sunlike stars—effectively a special case. The reason for this ...

A two-hour drive from Yakima to The Dalles, Oregon offers Greek pastries, stargazing, exotic animals, historic landmarks and ...

Imagine a civilization so advanced that it can harness the energy of an entire galaxy, manipulate gravity, and explore interstellar space freely. This is the reality of a Type 3 Civilization on the ...