"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. She joined ...

Pluribus imagines Kepler-22b as an ocean world that sends a gift to humanity through radio waves. In real life, no such ...

A very rare treat is about to grace Earth's night skies. On the evening of 28 February 2025, all seven of the other planets in the Solar System will appear in the night sky at the same time, with ...

Astronomers photographed a baby planet, WISPIT 2b, during its formation process within a dusty ring around its star system.

The universe is about 13.8 billion years old. Venus is the hottest planet due to a runaway greenhouse effect. Elliptical galaxies are the most common type. Stars produce energy through nuclear fusion.

Astronomers are closing in on one of the most tantalizing possibilities in planetary science, evidence that a previously ...

Planetary alignment, or conjunction, refers to the apparent close grouping of planets in the night sky as viewed from Earth, not necessarily a perfect linear alignment in space. These alignments occur ...

Stargazers who have heard of an amazing planetary alignment coming later in January may be in for a letdown if they look up at the night sky expecting to be dazzled. Yes, six planets will be visible ...

Pluto hasn't been a planet for almost 20 years. In the early 2000s, scientists discovered several objects of a similar size to Pluto. So, during the summer of 2006, members of the International ...

It was May 2013, and the Kepler space telescope was dead. The Kepler planet-hunting mission had been discovering new planets since its launch in 2009, but in May 2013 the second of its four reaction ...

Six of our solar system's planets are due to line up in our night sky in a strange phenomenon often called a "planetary parade" over the coming days, but one will temporarily disappear from view. Mars ...