Our dark skies will be even darker this summer. Most of the visible planets in our solar system are slowly disappearing from ...

Astronomers have discovered a remarkable planetary system that challenges long-held assumptions about where planets can ...

After two decades of debate, research confirms that an odd binary star system has an equally odd planetary companion ...

The lone planet confirmed to be in the system is squeezed in between the two, orbiting at a distance similar to Earth's distance from the Sun. And, as an added bonus, the planet is orbiting backward ...

A small international team of astronomers has confirmed that a binary star system with an odd signal has a companion—a planet ...

NASA believes that the month of May brings visibility to four planets, a new star from a nova, a chance of meteor showers and ...

Co-paired stars, or stars that travel together, can provide insights into processes that other stars can't. Differences in their brightness, orbits, and chemical composition can hint at different ...

A recent study published in The Astrophysical Journal Letters explores how binary star systems—two stars born together ...

Jumping back in time, Thuban was positioned as a North Star some 4,700 years ago, as early civilizations thrived in ...

Stars don’t just form planets—they may also re-supply their disks with gas, reshaping how and where planets emerge.

Planetarium and Program Coordinator Katy Downing of the Lake Erie Nature & Science Center shares the visible planets and ...

Webb Telescope finds crystalline water ice around star HD 181327. This discovery could reveal how icy bodies contribute to ...