Astronomers have identified a quartet of small rocky planets orbiting Barnard's star - one of our closest stellar neighbors - ...

Astronomers have revealed new evidence that not just one, but four tiny planets are circling around Barnard's Star, the ...

Scientists discovered that methyl halides, a gas produced by microbes, could be a biosignature for life on distant planets.

"It’s a really exciting find — Barnard’s Star is our cosmic neighbor, and yet we know so little about it," Ritvik Basant, an ...

A spectacular solar display will be seen on Friday, Feb. 28, as seven planets will be visible through binoculars, a telescope or even the naked eye during the evening's full "planet parade." ...

Astronomers have discovered not one, but four tiny planets orbiting Barnard’s Star, our cosmic neighbor. These planets, each about a fifth the mass of Earth, whip around their host star in just ...

Seven planets will line up for a rare "planetary parade" today (Feb. 28) and you can watch it live online, beginning at 12:00 ...

It is being called a "planetary parade" as seven planets are expected to be seen in the Earth's night sky on Friday, ...

An alignment of seven planets will be visible in Friday's evening sky. Here's when and where to view the celestial phenomenon ...

Another finding was how dramatically the planets varied in brightness over just three years. The team discovered that PDS 70 ...

A new study by Rice University researchers Sho Shibata and Andre Izidoro presents a compelling new model for the formation of ...

Beginning around sunset, Saturn will be situated closest to the horizon, followed by Mercury, Venus, Jupiter and Mars higher ...