Jupiter, as always, is a dazzling object, shining among the stars of Gemini the Twins. It reaches opposition on Jan. 10; this ...

"We reference the planets as symbols to better understand our lives," PEOPLE's resident astrologer Kyle Thomas says Skyler Caruso is a Writer and Reporter of PEOPLE Digital Entertainment. She joined ...

A very rare treat is about to grace Earth's night skies. On the evening of 28 February 2025, all seven of the other planets in the Solar System will appear in the night sky at the same time, with ...

Astronomers are closing in on one of the most tantalizing possibilities in planetary science, evidence that a previously ...

In doing so, they found this orphan is within the same weight class as Saturn, strengthening the case that the galaxy teems ...

A newly discovered exoplanet is rewriting the rules of what planets can be. Orbiting a city-sized neutron star, this ...

The universe is about 13.8 billion years old. Venus is the hottest planet due to a runaway greenhouse effect. Elliptical galaxies are the most common type. Stars produce energy through nuclear fusion.

Astronomers have unveiled the largest planet-forming disk ever observed around a young star, a sprawling structure where gas ...

Astronomers photographed a baby planet, WISPIT 2b, during its formation process within a dusty ring around its star system.

Planetary alignment, or conjunction, refers to the apparent close grouping of planets in the night sky as viewed from Earth, not necessarily a perfect linear alignment in space. These alignments occur ...

Sky-gazers are in for a treat this month as six planets are set to align in a dazzling early morning display known as a "planetary parade"—the last such spectacle of this year. Mercury, Venus, Jupiter ...