According to new simulations, many, even most, planets get ejected from their star early in their history Star Trek ...

"We reference the planets as symbols to better understand our lives," PEOPLE's resident astrologer Kyle Thomas says Skyler Caruso is a Writer and Reporter of PEOPLE Digital Entertainment.

All planets are made of gas, ice, rock and metal, and models of how planets form usually assume that these materials don't ...

In February, stargazers everywhere got to see a seven-planet alignment - called a "planetary parade." It'll be a while before ...

The phenomenon known as a planetary parade is back as astronomers and stargazers prepare for what could be a dazzling display in the solar system this week. The planetary parade — what appears ...

Prior to 2040, the last planetary quintuplet occurred in the year 1186, and according to Uptain, records show that the close ...

Only the three stars that make up the Alpha Centauri system lie closer to us. The planets newly discovered around Barnard’s ...

Narrator: Further from the Sun, in the outer reaches of the solar system, we find the gas planets. Much larger than the rocky planets, these cosmic giants are accompanied by numerous moons.

A combination of the world's most powerful telescopes detected the planets. Astronomers have confirmed the existence of four planets orbiting a star less than 6 light-years away with help from ...

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Astronomers have revealed new evidence that there are not just one but four tiny planets circling around Barnard's Star, the second-nearest star system to Earth. Astronomers have revealed new ...