Mercury and Saturn are neighbors in the sky, about a half a fist held upright and at arm’s length above the west-southwestern ...

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An amateur astronomer discovered Pluto 95 years ago today. The former planet will complete an orbit in another 153 years.

Saturn, Venus, Neptune, Uranus, Jupiter, Mars and Mercury will be visible in an uncommon planetary alignment this month.

“New Horizons shattered a major paradigm of planetary science,” says Alan Stern, the mission’s principal investigator. “Pluto ...

Trans-Neptunian objects (TNOs) are icy bodies that vary widely in size, from large dwarf planets like Pluto and Eris—each ...

Today: On Feb. 18, 1930, Clyde Tombaugh discovered Pluto, at that time classified as the ninth planet.

Why is Pluto no longer a planet? Discover the real reason behind Pluto’s reclassification as a dwarf planet and the science that led to this change.

For centuries, humanity has gazed at the stars in the night sky, wondering if planets beyond our solar system exist. In the past few decades, technology has given us the ability to find them.

Scientists also discovered a second planet, a brown dwarf orbiting another low-mass star. Gaia-5b orbits the Gaia-5 star, around 134 light-years away from Earth.

Venus, Jupiter, Mars, Mercury, and Saturn will align in February Mercury and Saturn will appear closest on February 24 Best viewing is at dusk with a clear west-southwest horizon ...