Prior to 2040, the last planetary quintuplet occurred in the year 1186, and according to Uptain, records show that the close ...

"There really is something very different about how these giant planets form versus how small planets like Earth form." ...

Among the planets in our solar system, Earth stands out not just for its life-supporting capabilities but also for its unique name. Unlike its celestial neighbors—Mercury, Venus, Mars ...

A team from the University of Bern and the National Center of Competence in Research (NCCR) PlanetS has developed a ...

From the one with the ears, to the 11 year old girl that gave one of them their name, here are the stories behind each of the planets within it. Apart from Earth, the five closest planets to the ...

Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. The ringed gas giant Saturn has officially replaced Jupiter as the planet in our solar system with the most moons. The ...

Now, four small planets have been found orbiting the star. Teams in America and Europe achieved this challenging detection by exploiting precision instruments on the world's largest telescopes.

Astronomers have discovered an Earth-size planet orbiting an ultracool red dwarf star similar in size to Jupiter. The red dwarf, located some 55 light-years away, is 100 times less bright than the ...