Look west just after sunset from this weekend for a chance to see some of six planets, though the best views will be had ...

Mercury, Venus, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune are all in the evening sky, but you’ll need binoculars, timing, and a clear horizon to see the full show. If you’re looking for a good reason to ...

Learn why only 14 out of over 6,000 exoplanets orbit two stars, and how Einstein’s general theory of relativity may be to blame.

If you have a clear view of the night sky at the end of February, you'll be able to see all the planets in the solar system ...

We have all been taught in school that planets revolve in the same direction as the Earth, i.e., in the counterclockwise ...

The Sun is an incandescent but benevolent dictator. For billions of years, it’s kept our star system well organized through the influence of its powerful gravity. All the planets revolve around it on ...

Astronomers have found thousands of exoplanets around single stars, but few around binary stars—even though both types of stars are equally common. Physicists can now explain the dearth.

A planet circling at a sharp 90-degree angle to the orbits of its two host stars has now been confirmed. This discovery challenges long-standing ideas about how planets form and orbit in the cosmos.