Rumor has it that as many as six planets will be in a line and visible in the night sky. Unfortunately, this cosmic event may be a cosmic letdown if you're not informed of what you'll actually see ...

A team of astronomers have discovered a rather curious exoplanetary system that has two gas giant planets that are messing up each other’s orbit! On of them is 3.8 times the mass of Jupiter and ...

Located only 48 light years from the solar system, in the direction of the constellation Ophiuchus, GJ 1214 b is the easiest example of this planet to study. Instead of a hydrogen-rich super-Earth ...

NEW YORK — Six planets grace the sky this month in what's known as a planetary parade, and most can be seen with the naked eye. These planetary hangouts happen when several planets appear to ...