"This planet could play a pivotal role in future missions... to search for biosignatures indicating potential life, " Dr.

An object eight times the mass of Jupiter may have swooped around the sun, coming superclose to Mars' present-day orbit ...

Mars, Venus, Jupiter and Saturn should be visible to the naked eye, but get a telescope and you can spot Neptune and Uranus.

Stargazers will be treated to a dazzling six-planet "alignment" this January.

Six planets are parading across the sky, appearing as some of the night's brightest stars. A few easy tips can help you ...

SCIENTISTS have discovered a new super-Earth with an ‘eccentric’ orbit that swings it in-and-out of its star’s habitable zone ...

Finding a world like Earth elsewhere in the universe might mean looking for the right kind of solar system. A new discovery ...

Mars is in opposition through the entire month of January, meaning it will be directly opposite the Sun from Earth and will ...

Six planets, Mars, Jupiter, Uranus, Neptune, Venus and Saturn can be seen in the night sky. You'll need binoculars or a ...

Worlds will align for a "planetary parade" in January, with four bright and easily visible to the naked eye. But an even ...

Early 2025 is a good time for skygazing and spotting up to seven planets in the night sky – if you have a little help.

A parade of planets will be visible to skywatchers around the globe through the rest of this month and into February.