Some 350 light-years away, the V1298 Tau system features an infant sun-like star, just 23 million years old, orbited by four ...

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When my colleagues and I send them out to explore our solar system, it's important for us to understand the 3D map of our ...

Spectacular clouds swirl across the surface of Jupiter. These clouds contain water, just like Earth's, but are much denser on ...

Skywatchers who spotted the Jupiter-Venus conjunction on Aug. 12 are in for a dazzling display in the night sky through the end of August, with a "planet parade" building in the eastern sky, with ...

Stargazers will revel in a dazzling display as a six "planet parade" dances across the sky on Sunday, Aug. 10. The planetary alignment, casually called a planet parade, occurs when several planets ...

Planet Y: In a remarkable discovery that could reshape the prevalent scientific view of our solar system, astronomers have found evidence of a 'hidden' planet on the outskirts of our cosmic ...

How many dwarf planets are there in our solar system? The recent discovery of 2017 OF201 makes the tally anywhere between five and 18, plus hundreds of potentially undiscovered ones, depending on whom ...