Hot Jupiters are giant planets initially known to orbit alone close to their star. During their migration towards their star, ...

An artist’s impression of the two new planets discovered. An inner super-Earth, here seen transiting in front of the orange host-star and an icy giant planet on the periphery of the system.

Planetary alignments and conjunctions are fairly common, but a six-planet alignment is a bit more rare. It doesn't happen every year. You can see one this month.

Through January, many interesting astronomical events occur in the night sky. Mars is at its brightest, Venus and Saturn ...

Observations of Exoplanet WASP-69b has uncovered a 350,000-mile-long comet-like tail. The tail is a result of its escaping atmosphere. Credit: Space.com | animation: W. M. Keck Observatory/Adam Makare ...

The planets are aligning in an ultra-rare “planet parade” phenomenon that can be seen in the evening sky without special equipment. On 25 January, six planets will line up in a row at the same time in ...