A powerful new observatory is the best hope yet for finding the elusive Planet 9, a large planet that some scientists say is hidden in our solar... If Planet Nine is out there, this telescope ...

Dr. Sundeep Kochar elucidates the profound connection between the nine forms of Goddess Durga and the Navagraha during Navratri. He explains how each Goddess corresponds to a specific planet, ...

In a potential landmark discovery, scientists using the James Webb Space Telescope have obtained what they call the strongest ...

Our Changing Planet is an ambitious natural history series examining the issues facing the earth's most threatened ecosystems ...

Even though Mercury is the closest planet to the sun, it's the second hottest and orbits on average 36 million miles away from our shining star. During the day, surface temperatures can reach up ...

ANDREWS REPLIES: To answer Scott: If Planet Nine is discovered, I’m confident a probe would eventually be sent to it! But after launch it might take decades for a spacecraft to reach that destination, ...

Astronomers announced Thursday that they had detected the most promising "hints" of potential life on a planet beyond our solar system, though other scientists expressed scepticism. There has been ...

LONDON (AP) — Astronomers have found possible chemical signs of life on a distant planet outside our solar system, though they caution more work is needed to confirm their findings. The research ...

The resulting uproar over the demotion made it clear that Earthlings loved our familiar family of nine planets. Some astronomers noted that the controversy would really take off if more sensitive ...

Scientists have found new but tentative evidence that a faraway world orbiting another star may be home to life. A Cambridge ...

Out of this quartet, the planet that is the farthest away will require binoculars or a telescope to see, according to StarWalk. Neptune is the dimmest of the four, with a magnitude of 7.9. A ...