The zodiacal light shines in the evening as the Moon reaches Last Quarter and skims past Spica and Antares in the sky this ...

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Each planet in our solar system is given a unique, humorous catchphrase that reflects its personality and role. From ...

A comical planetary beauty contest is described, highlighting the unique traits of each planet: Mercury’s fiery nature, Venus ...

Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No, it's super Neptune! But this Superman-mimicking planet is not blasting through space on its own. It is being dragged along by its parent star.

NASA has finally confirmed the existence of a new exoplanet that is 50 per cent larger than Jupiter and about a tenth of the ...

If the solar system held a poetry slam, each planet would present its unique poetic style. Mercury delivers rapid-fire verses ...

In August 2006, the International Astronomical Union made the controversial, but correct, decision to demote Pluto from its ...

The discovery of Pluto is credited to Clyde Tombaugh, then just 24 years old, an amateur with no formal education ... such as a planet, against the background of distant stars that would appear ...

Every zodiac sign has its own love-ruler — astrologer Bryanna Collier explains what's in store for each one this year.

This artist's concept visualizes a super-Neptune world orbiting a low-mass star near the center of our Milky Way galaxy.