Four planets in the solar system are about to appear in alignment in the night sky. Here's how stargazers will be able to see ...

Astronomers have long suspected that an enormous, unseen planet is hiding somewhere far beyond Neptune, quietly shaping the ...

All of our solar system’s planets are lining in the night sky ... depending on your location. The best time to look is right after sunset, with a chance to see all of the planets stretching ...

If there is a black hole, it's at least 20 times farther from Earth than the furthest planet, Neptune, in a distant region of our solar system called the extended Kuiper Belt. The belt is home to ...

BBC Two’s The Planets features spectacular ... matched places on other worlds in the Solar System – both today and in the distant past. Location plate shot from the Late Heavy Bombardment ...

Anyone who looked up at the sky on Wednesday night may have caught a glimpse of an impressive sight: all the planets of our solar system on display. The phenomenon — also known as a "planet ...

A new model has been developed to simulate interstellar activity within our solar system and the nearby Alpha Centauri system ...

Watch this video to find out more about the Earth, planets in our Solar System and other planets far off in outer space. From up here on the International Space Station I get a great view of Earth.

Extrasolar planets contextualise the Solar System among a large number of planetary systems with very different properties. Many extrasolar planets show characteristics which are not realised in the ...

A star symbol marks the location of the host star HR 8799 ... its first direct images of carbon dioxide in a planet outside the solar system in HR 8799, a multiplanet system 130 light-years ...

The clearest look in the infrared yet at the iconic multi-planet system HR 8799. Colors are applied to filters from Webb's NIRCam (Near-Infrared Camera). A star symbol marks the location of the ...