An illustration depicts what the surface of one of the exoplanets orbiting Barnard's Star may look like. The other three planets within the system can also be seen. - International Gemini ...

P erihelion – or the Earth's closest approach to our host star – will take place on January 3, 2026. At this point, our ...

Stargazers are in for a treat this week as a planetary parade is set to take place - just a month after the last planetary spectacle. This latest planetary alignment or "planet parade" - set to take ...

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Mercury has long baffled astronomers because it defies much of what we know about planet formation. A new space mission ...

Even the best telescopes can’t see exoplanets. It’s all about watching for jiggly stars, blue shifts, and transits.

Earth’s fate rests on a coin flip. In 5 billion years, our sun will balloon into a red giant star. Whether Earth survives is an “open question,” said Melinda Soares-Furtado, an astrophysicist at the ...

(CNN) — After decades of searching, astronomers have uncovered some of the strongest evidence yet of exoplanets orbiting Barnard’s Star, the nearest single star system to Earth. The four planets are ...