Baker said that there are other astronomical events that may be more interesting than the parade of planets. Baker said Mars ...

The organic material found in a few areas on the surface of dwarf planet Ceres is probably of exogenic origin. Impacting ...

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A U.S. scientist searching for a civilization across 7 Earth clones circling the red dwarf star TRAPPIST-1 says its own alien ...

Scientists found an intriguing world in our galaxy.

Certain extreme planets are called ultra-short period objects if they're very close to their stars and orbit them in mere hours, like K2-22b.

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While claims of a “rare alignment” are overblown, you can still see up to six planets in the night sky this weekend. Here's ...

Starting at 12:30 p.m. ET (1730 GMT) on Saturday (Jan. 25), astrophysicist Gianluca Masi of the Virtual Telescope Project ...