The exoplanet, known as GJ 1214 b, was detected by the Hubble Space Telescope and dubbed a "waterworld" by the science ...

When I was a kid, there were nine planets. Now we know of thousands! But that includes exoplanets, alien worlds that orbit alien suns. Only eight planets call our solar system home. Or there might ...

There are eight planets in the solar system, and each travels on its own path around the sun. But of these planets, which is nearest to the sun? Mercury is a strange little world. There are some ...

Six planets will be visible to the naked eye and eight can be seen if you have a telescope or binoculars. The celestial event is called a planetary parade. The planetary parade is a celestial ...

This extraordinary celestial event will see the sky scattered with seven visible planets in what is known as a great planetary alignment. The eight planets in our solar system orbit the sun in ...

Mysterious, fascinating, and utterly mesmerising, here we take a look at some of the most inspiring images of stars, planets, and the Moon taken from around the world. Taken just after sunset ...

In a recent study, an international team of astronomers used ALMA to capture high-resolution images of eight protoplanetary ... indications that giant planets are forming. This was surprising ...