Mercury is the smallest planet in our solar system. Explore its size, extreme temperatures, core structure, and comparison ...

Since the 1990s, scientists have discovered approximately 6,100 planets outside our solar system, called exoplanets.

Since the 1990s, astronomers have found a handful of other dwarf planets in the belt, such as Eris and Sedna, along with ...

Planetary systems in the Milky Way galaxy tend to follow a particular pattern: rocky planets toward the center, closest to ...

By Will Dunham WASHINGTON, Feb 14 (Reuters) - Astronomers have observed a planetary system that challenges current planet formation theories, with a rocky planet that formed beyond the orbits of its ...

The earth and the heavens are connected to each other. The light and the heat, the blessings and the mercy in form of rain for instance, come down from the skies. According to the consensus of ...

India will miss the annular solar eclipse on February 17, 2026, visible in South Africa and South America. While the celestial event won't impact India, it's predicted to bring varied astrological ...

The Sun would be a far more powerful telescope than any humanity could create in the near future. But to use it, we need to get to 650 AU.

Astronomers have uncovered a planetary system that challenges conventional theories of planet formation. The system likely includes a rocky planet that formed beyond the orbits of its gaseous ...

A newly studied solar system breaks the usual planet pattern, raising fresh questions about how rocky and gas planets form.

General relativity helps explain the lack of planets around tight binary stars by driving orbital resonances that eject or destroy close-in worlds. This process naturally creates a “desert” of ...

The best “planet parade” of the year puts Venus, Jupiter, and more on display right after sunset—and you can see most of them with the naked eye.