The number of planets that orbit the sun depends on what you mean by “planet,” and that’s not so easy to define ...
An object eight times the mass of Jupiter may have swooped around the sun, coming superclose to Mars' present-day orbit ...
Kepler was one of the most successful exoplanet-hunting missions so far. It discovered 2,600 confirmed exoplanets—almost half ...
Mars, Venus, Jupiter and Saturn should be visible to the naked eye, but get a telescope and you can spot Neptune and Uranus.
Now in its ninth year, the overwhelmingly expansive sci-fi survival sim No Man’s Sky is transforming yet again. Another ...
Across Yorkshire people have been reacting to the spectacular display in the skies as four planets are in alignment. This ...
Six planets, Mars, Jupiter, Uranus, Neptune, Venus and Saturn can be seen in the night sky. You'll need binoculars or a ...
Finding a world like Earth elsewhere in the universe might mean looking for the right kind of solar system. A new discovery ...