Most of the planets we’ve identified are in orbit around stars and formed from the disks of gas and dust that surrounded the ...

The idea is that the gravitational pull of planets can attract dark matter particles. The physics behind it are complex, but scientists are working on it, including trying to estimate its density ...

Are planets in the solar system that are closer to the Sun older than the ones further away? – Gavriel, age 10, Paducah, Kentucky A cloud of collapsing gas created our Sun, the first thing to form in ...

New images from NASA 's Hubble Space Telescope have revealed an enormous, oddly shaped disk of gas and dust around a single ...

For a telescope that spends much of its time listening to faint spectra, the James Webb Space Telescope has also learned how ...

A visible line of planets has for weeks been the talk of astronomers and hobbyist stargazers who have sought to catch a sight of our solar system's worlds. Online chatter and a frenzy of media ...

Stargazers in California and worldwide will be treated to a planet parade in February when Earth's seven sister planets align. You'll need high-powered binoculars or a telescope to see Neptune and ...