The James Webb Space Telescope has captured its first direct images of carbon dioxide in a planet outside the solar system in ...

There's a class of objects in the cosmos that are neither stars, nor are they quite planets. Astronomers used the powerful ...

"Alignment means that at this one moment, all of the seven planets can be seen," Shanahan says. "Some will be blazing bright and amazing, while others will require binoculars or a small telescope to ...

Using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), astronomers have peered into the atmosphere of a cosmic body that could be a ...

Astronomers have discovered not one, but four tiny planets orbiting Barnard’s Star, our cosmic neighbor. These planets, each ...

Hopeful stargazers will need a pair of high-powered binoculars or a telescope to see several of the planets. Here's what to ...

After dusk on Friday night, seven planets are expected to align in the night sky. But you'll need binoculars or a telescope ...

The Magellan Adaptive Optics Xtreme (MagAO-X) has provided some of the clearest images ever taken of planets forming around a ...

Exciting new research suggests there are four miniature planets orbiting Barnard’s Star, each thought to be just 20 to 30% ...

According to NASA, on most clear nights people can see at least one bright planet in the sky. (A few planets on the edge of the solar system almost always require a telescope to see.) When four or ...

Consequently, even though it is one of the closest stars to Earth, such that its light takes only six years to get here, it ...

Observers could see up to seven planets line up in the sky after sunset on Friday, but you may need a telescope to see them all.